investments, only a small growth in productivity was observed. This observations has been coined the productivity paradox. This … reveals strong presence of publication bias within ICT productivity literature and using mixed effect multilevel model …

The growth rate of total factor productivity seems to have increased recently, at least in the United States. Higher US … productivity growth may justify higher stock market valuations than in the past and thus herald an emerging New Economy. However …, the size of the estimated growth rate of total factor productivity depends on an assumption about the factor …

This chapter covers the theory and methods for productivity measurement for nations. Labor, multifactor and total … factor productivity measures are defined and are related to each other and to gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Their … factor productivity growth (TFPG) index. These are easiest to understand for the case in which the index number problem is …

: Environmental Productivity Growth in Consumer Durables -- Part II: Studies in Energy and Environment -- Chapter 5: Evaluating the … Performance of New Energy: Evidence from the OECD and Implications for China -- Chapter 6: Revisiting Reasons for Ten Years of … Power Shortages in China -- Chapter 7: Estimating the Cost of Carbon Abatement for China -- Chapter 8: Energy and Emission …