their association with productivity growth across 19 sectors in UK manufacturing between 1970 and 1992. Using the … in 1970. Sectors classified as relatively open enjoyed significantly higher rates of total factor productivity (TFP … productivity and lagged values of each of the observed measures of openness. This relationship was explained by a strong …

into their direct (endowment accumulation, productivity growth, changes in trade costs, changing preferences) and indirect … productivity growth, and endogenous changes in expenditures shares on manufacturing goods and services. We quantify the importance … accumulation and trade costs have been the most important drivers of trade in the sample at hand, whereas productivity growth and …

We show that σ-convergence in regional productivity growth can be approximated by σ-convergence in sectoral … productivity growth and σ-convergence in structural transformation-led productivity growth. Applying this framework to Japanese …