We assess long-run patterns of global agricultural productivity growth between 1970 and 2005 and examine the … relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we … increases in extension-schooling without commensurate improvements in research capacity did not improve productivity performance. …

the determinants of telecommunications investments and presents two possible solutions to the investment problem. The …

looks at the effects on productivity of different forms of investment--in physical capital, in Research & Development, and …The relationship between technology, productivity and employment is a complex one. Increased productivity can lead not … can develop new markets. On the other hand, if demand and hence output does not expand in line with productivity, then an …

access to credit increasesTFP up to 1.9% per 1000 EUR of additional credit. The use of variable inputs and capital investment … increases up to 2.3% and 29%, respectively, per 1000 EUR of additionalcredit. Due to credit-financed investment in labour …

An important theme in modern research on productivity has been that technological progress may be embodied in capital …

to improve their establishment level productivity relative to a peer control groups of firms. We find no evidence that … productivity after going private, there is little evidence of difference-in-differences efficiency gains relative to peer groups of … decision effects. Also, we do not find evidence that myopic markets lead to under-investment at the establishment level. On the …

mechanism behind this finding, we first explore the intensive margin and show that high-MRPK firms increase their investment and …

This paper examines the linkages among agricultural total factor productivity, farm size, and farm household … relationship between productivity and measures of farm structure. The results support the expected relationships between the … endogenous variables, namely that productivity and farm size are positively related, farm size and off-farm work participation …