vulnerable to financial frictions. By sheltering intangible investment from financial shocks, counter-cyclical macroeconomic … policy through the intangible investment channel, and its complementarity with pro-competition product market deregulation …

producing multiple products: product-mix raises productivity directly in addition to the investment channel. Third, there are …This paper estimates a dynamic general equilibrium model of entry, exit, and endogenous productivity growth …. Productivity is endogenous both at the industry level (firms enter and exit) and at the firm level (firms invest in productivity …

uncertainty, firms that are credit constrained switch the composition of investment by reducing productivity-enhancing investment …We show that an increase in aggregate uncertainty - measured by stock market volatility - reduces productivity growth … difference-in-difference approach using productivity growth of 25 industries from 18 advanced economies over the period 1985 …

productivity of investment differs between countries. This paper converts a "new" growth theory regression equation into … neoclassical growth theory, and to identify the major determinants of differences in the productivity of investment using the …A country's growth of output is identically equal to its ratio of investment to output and the productivity of …

We study a model of investment in which a number of frictions - adjustment costs, uncertainty and institutional … China reveals that adjustment costs and uncertainty have significant effects on aggregate productivity but account for a … stems from firm-specific distortions, both productivity/size-dependent as well as permanent. For large US firms, adjustment …

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 …