productivity gains to above 20%. The analytical approach developed and applied here may also be useful for the evaluation of other …

are able to affirm the robustness of firm productivity and fixed costs as explaining variables for export decisions …

It is difficult to estimate the impact of geographic clustering on productivity because of endogeneity issues. I use … between 1750 and 1899. I find that geographic clustering strongly impacts the productivity of the clustering individuals …

countries. Our evidence shows that differences in productivity levels, capital accumulation in human resources and technology … between these three countries. Keywords: per capita income, productivity, export-led growth, foreign trade elasticities and …

in this paper we explore the link between labour productivity, international trade and regional un … evidence of a non linear negative relationship between labour productivity and regional unemployment, in the cases of European …: Productivity, Regional Unemployment, Oligopoly, Non parametrics. JEL Classification: C14, D50, F12, F16, J41, L13, R10. …

and productivity. In doing so, we employ an alternative estimation approach based on panel data analysis that allows for … income and productivity. On the other hand, labour shares in the main economic sectors as measures of resource reallocation … are important in explaining convergence in per capita income and productivity. Output growth, reflecting demand conditions …

for one fifth to one half of total regional variations in average labor productivity in the U.S. and big European …&D spillovers, gains from the variety of intermediate goods, to affect regional productivity significantly. Although the … productivity effects of these externalities within regions cannot be identified because they are observationally equivalent to …

capital, per capita income and productivity seems to be at odds with the micro evidence reported. Specifically, at the economy … level the bulk of studies found a positive relation between human capital accumulation and productivity dynamics (Michie et … – low productivity and low risk or high productivity and high risk. In order for a low productivity-low risk firm to become …