This paper deals with endogenous determination of effort as a source of productivity growth. …

productivity at the state level. We test the hypothesis thatthe composition of agricultural experiment station funding—share of … governmentappropriationsaffectsthe productivity of public agricultural research using data for the 48contiguous states over 19701999.Our results show not … formula fundingwould lower the productivity of public agricultural research. Furthermore, our simulation resultsshow that a …

According to the Balassa-Samuelson e¤ect, productivity gains in the domestic tradable sectorraise the relative price of … controversial aboutreal exchange rate appreciation in response to productivity gains in tradables.[...] …

productivity and composition of teams. Strengthening incentives, either throughrankings or tournaments, makes workers more likely … reduce the productivity of teams at the bottom of theproductivity distribution, and monetary prize tournaments only increase … the productivity ofteams at the top. We interpret these results through a theoretical framework that makesprecise when the …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are commonworldwide, but rigorous micro …

evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign directinvestment (fdi) in services firms from a highly … thatthe productivity pecking order found in numerous studies using data for firms frommanufacturing industries – where the … firms with the highest productivity engage in fdi whilethe least productive firms serve the home market only and the …