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Firm Dynamics and Productivity Growth : A Review of Micro Evidence from OECD Countries
Ahn, Sanghoon - 2001
This paper surveys recent empirical studies exploring aggregate productivity growth based on firm dynamics, focusing on micro-data from OECD countries. Aggregate productivity growth can be analysed as a sum of two separate processes. i) Changes in productivity in individual firms at a given size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446254
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Firm Dynamics and Productivity Growth : A Review of Micro Evidence from OECD Countries
Ahn, Sanghoon - 2003
This paper surveys recent empirical studies exploring aggregate productivity growth based on firm dynamics, focusing on micro-data from OECD countries. Aggregate productivity growth can be analysed as a sum of two separate processes. i) Changes in productivity in individual firms at a given size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014127885
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Some empirical findings on the structural development of the Estonian economy
Laaser, Claus-Friedrich; Reiljan, Janno; Schrader, Klaus - 2015
Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a … Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia are often ignored. Estonia has hardly succeeded in catching-up economically … that Estonia faces a serious productivity problem, particularly in the manufacturing sector producing tradable goods which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518642
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An empirical analysis of technological convergence process and RJVs in Europe at the firm level: Special issue on science and technology policies towards research joint ventures
Bussoli, Patrizia - 2000
We use a new data set for European manufacturing firms to assess whether a short term technological convergence process has been taking place among manufacturing firms in seven European countries. The empirical analysis aims to study the effects of international co-operative R&D on short term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608576
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International knowledge flows and economic performance: An introductory survey of the evidence
Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Tarr, David - 2000
The empirical analysis of the micro links between trade and knowledge diffusion allows us to distinguish among the key predictions of the theoretical literature on endogenous growth. This literature postulates that total factor productivity (TFP) is higher when trade gives access to a wider or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608591
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The Specialization of Capital and Economic Growth
Chan, Louis M. - 2020
This paper presents a neoclassical-growth model in which long-run growth is driven by the continuous specialization of capital. The specialization of capital is the allocation of capital into sets of specialized capital and the coordination required for different individuals to use the same set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833938
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New General Theory of Economic Development : Innovative Growth and Distribution
Lee, Yong-Shik - 2020
Economic development, which refers to the process of progressive transformation of an economy, is a multifaceted term without a universal definition. This article presents the constitutive elements of economic development, such as growth, distribution, and innovation. Economic development has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012849707
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The Third Answer : How Market-Creating Innovation Drives Economic Growth and Development
Christensen, Clayton M. - 2020
In this essay, we begin by offering a definition and two examples of market creating innovation that provide a foundation for the historically informed theory that follows. With this definition and the examples in mind, we next assess the two dominant theories of development— essentially, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012845407
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International Knowledge Flows and Economic Performance an Introductory Survey of the Evidence
Navaretti, Giorgio Barba; Tarr, David G. - 2012
The empirical analysis of the micro links between trade and knowledge diffusion allows us to distinguish among the key predictions of the theoretical literature on endogenous growth. This literature postulates that total factor productivity (TFP) is higher when trade gives access to a wider or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155756
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An Empirical Analysis of Technological Convergence Process and Rjvs in Europe at the Firm Level
Bussoli, Patrizia - 2012
We use a new data set for European manufacturing firms to assess whether a short term technological convergence process has been taking place among manufacturing firms in seven European countries. The empirical analysis aims to study the effects of international co-operative R&D on short term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155776