The analysis in this paper shows that unpredictable variations in economic productivity may have a positive or negative …. Empirical studies concerning these two factors indicate that unpredictable variations in economic productivity have a negative …

How does risk or uncertainty in the productivity of research affect the growth rate of the economy? To answer this …&D from profit-maximizing firms. The uncertainty arises from the productivity of these investments in R&D. The main result of … this analysis is that the relationship between long-run growth and uncertainty (on the productivity of knowledge creation …