that contrasts cross-country evidence on agglomeration benefits with the productivity impact of metropolitan governance … lower levels of productivity. The estimated elasticity for an increase in the number of local jurisdiction is 0.06, which is … literature that city productivity increases with city size with an elasticity in the range of 0.02 to 0.05. …

We employ a recent empirical strategy to estimate country-specific and time-varying total factor productivity (TFP … of productivity in the manufacturing sector remained the prerogative of major developed countries. Thirdly, several … countries succeeded in climbing the ladder through outstanding productivity growth. Fourthly, despite a clear hierarchy in terms …