I study how ownership consolidation affects productivity and market power in both factor and product markets. I develop … a model to separately identify markups, markdowns, and productivity using production and cost data. I use the model to … consolidation was defended as a means to spur productivity growth, I find that it actually lowered aggregate productivity …

In this paper, I investigate the welfare effects that developed countries experience after productivity improvements … asymmetries in technology. I model the technology advantage of the developed country, assuming that the productivity distribution … statistics of the US economy, the model predicts that the country with better technology has a higher productivity cut-off level …

-country model of international trade and endogenous productivity growth. Knowledge spillovers link firm-level productivity in …

determinants of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials Specifically, we focus on the effects of … convergence rates. Consistent with theories, the persistence of productivity differentials is found to be positively correlated …, productivity convergence appears to be enhanced by human capital but deterred by government spending …

This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …