, productivity, concentration, and structural change, and whether patterns arise in a systematic way. We unveil a set of regularities … in the behaviour of these variables for both sets of countries and depending on the productivity level and the level of … above variables according to the productivity level and the level of external financial dependence of industries. This study …

productivity by as much as 6%, suggesting large "productivity costs" of business cycles. …

productivity of the rest of the economy …

Historically, U.S. labor productivity (output per hour) and total factor productivity (TFP) rose in booms and fell in …, however, the procyclicality of productivity has waned. TFP has been roughly acyclical with respect to inputs, whereas labor … productivity has become significantly countercyclical. The slow pace of productivity growth after 2010, when the post …