total factor productivity (TFP) of incumbent plants in the same county. We use the location rankings of profit … counties. This indicates that the ultimate effect on profits is smaller than the direct increase in productivity …

relationship between inventive activity and productivity at the level of U.S. metropolitan economies, using a patents database that … with and Granger causes higher productivity in metropolitan areas. A standard deviation increase in patents predicts a 6 … percent increase in productivity over 10 years. Higher-quality patents enhance the effect. We attempt to identify a cross …

cultivation practices. We introduce a method for properly attributing observed productivity and risk changes among new production …. Although most observed productivity gains appear due to farmer aptitude, the technology alone generates estimated average …

What is the impact of integration on productivity? What are the main channels? Is there anything specific about … productivity effects in regional agreements? This paper tries to answer these questions by looking at the experience of Brazil and … Mexico. We estimate firm-level productivity and test its causal links with trade and FDI variables. The results suggest …

Over the last decades, much attention has been drawn to the question of productivity variation across countries. The … differences in cross-country productivity could be explained by both foreign and domestic innovation. In order to estimate the … current empirical literature by determining the effect and the source of productivity spillover in Russia on the example of …

, we measure total factor productivity (TFP) for farms controlling for land quality, rain, and other transitory shocks. We …

This paper revisits the so-called ‘ICT-productivity paradox' from a long-run perspective by using annual Australian … data for about five decades. It provides estimates of long-run and short-run elasticities of labour productivity with … respect to ICT capital deepening, explores the nature of long-run causality among productivity growth and ICT and non …

This study reviews and analyzes the changes in total factor productivity (TFP) growth in 12 Asian economies – the …