, follows a faster track and depends more on political power than on those policies' potential as engines for productivity … different groups' weight in policymaking, and the effect of the implied unbalance on aggregate productivity. Electoral weight … found that the resulting imbalance of policies damages aggregate productivity. -- Productivity ; political economy …

, follows a faster track and depends more on political power than on those policies potential as engines for productivity growth … different groups weight in policymaking, and the effect of the implied unbalance on aggregate productivity. Electoral weight and … that the resulting imbalance of policies damages aggregate productivity. …

We use plant output and input prices to decompose the profit margin into four parts: productivity, demand shocks, mark … the impact of productivity, and other market fundamentals, on plant exit. A dynamic simulation that compares the … distribution of productivity with and without the trade reform shows that improvements in market selection from trade reform help …