to influence productivity. To this end we estimate plant-level production functions augmented by regional characteristics …

This paper empirically analyzes the agglomeration-related productivity premium at the enterprise level of the … to consider firm, urban and regional heterogeneity and test two possible explanations of the productivity advantages of …. The results suggest that Russian plants in urban agglomerations enjoy 17-21% higher labor productivity. This gain arises …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

- internal R&D and external R&D acquisition - on productivity in the manufacturing and service industries. The sample comprises a … from lower to higher conditional quantiles. First, the effect of the marginal effect of internal R&D on productivity in … both sectors decreased as we moved up to higher productivity levels. Second, the marginal effect of external R …