and analyzing statistical data on productivity trends and technological change in the energy-intensive manufacturing … analysis to the agriculture and electric power sectors in India, South Korea, and two other developing countries. They will … also examine the impact of alternative model specifications on estimates of productivity growth and technological change …

agricultural production, consumption and trade, and resulted in significant agricultural productivity improvements. However, there … of this study is to measure and compare the levels and trends in agricultural productivity in transition countries with … those of the European Union (EU) countries making use of the most recent data available from the Food and Agriculture …

This paper briefly presents the results of a total factor productivity (TFP) study of South African commercial … agriculture, for 1947-1997, and illustrates some potential pitfalls in rate of return to research (ROR) calculations. The lag …

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. …

This paper starts with the basic premise: that conventional measures of productivity growth - - -often used as a … productivity growth measure using activity analysis which integrates the externality/social output into a generalized productivity … responsibility. We provide an application to US agriculture to demonstrate the approach: we show that conventional measures of …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …