Total Factor Productivity (TFP)is often used on the macro-economic level as an indicator of changes in efficiency of a … Productivity of Mongolia was tested not only for errors in all estimated values but also for measurement errors in the data. It was …

This paper proposes a theory for the gradual evolution of knowledge diffusion and growth over the very long run. A … Great Divergence, the failure of less developed countries to attract capital from abroad, and a productivity slowdown in … ; Endogenous Growth ; Knowledge Diffusion ; Productivity Slowdown ; Convergence ; Divergence …

This paper proposes a theory for the gradual evolution of knowledge diffusion and growth over the very long run. A … Great Divergence, the failure of less developed countries to attract capital from abroad, and a productivity slowdown in … ; endogenous growth ; knowledge diffusion ; productivity slowdown ; convergence ; divergence …

This paper proposes a theory for the evolution of knowledge diffusion and growth over the very long run. A feedback … mechanism between capital accumulation and knowledge spillovers creates a unified growth theory that explains a long epoch of … explain the Great Divergence, the failure of less developed countries to attract capital from abroad, the productivity …

;agent-based simulation.quot; Firms producing a generic consumption good are endowed with X-efficiencies, which undergo mutation. Even when … mutations are mostly negative, selection effects can make productivity rise over time. There is no logical limit to the increase … in productivity due to quot;X-efficiency evolution,quot; which is thus a potential explanation of long-run productivity …