In this paper we add to the debate on the public capital - productivity link by exploiting very recent developments in … countries over the period 1975-2002. We find strong evidence of common factors that drive the cointegration relationship among … controlling for other productivity determinants like human capital, the stock of patents and R&D capital. …

The empirical growth literature has focused on capital accumulation but largely ignored productivity growth. To address … this imbalance, we propose a methodology for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions. We …

A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined …

incentive driven productivity following deregulations. Our model puts to test a panel of Nepalese commercial banks which went … through deep financial reforms in the recent past. We find that (i) bankers' efforts and productivity have notably improved in … Nepal, (ii) bankers' effort s significantly explain the banking sector's productivity, (iii) the proportion of non …