This chapter overviews productivity research from an industrial organization perspective. We focus on what is known and what still needs to be learned about the productivity levels and dynamics of individual producers, but also how these interact through markets and industries to influence...

In the decade after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, African Americans made historic gains in accessing employment opportunities in racially integrated workplaces in U.S. business firms and government agencies. In the previous working papers in this series, we have shown that in the 1960s and...

There is mounting evidence that trade enhances productivity. Using rich custom's data from Australia, I look at various aspects of importing and exporting across manufacturing firms and study how they affect the productivity gains accrued to the firm. Treating the effect of trade on productivity...

Russian Abstract: В марте-апреле 2021 г. соглашение ОПЕК+ по-прежнему сдерживало рост в добывающем секторе. Тем не менее трендовая составляющая в динамике производства...

In this study we investigate the performance of Brazilian industry based on productivity and efficiency indicators. We associate productivity with the concept of total factor productivity (TFP) while efficiency is measured based on the stochastic frontier production model that indicates how far...

This study tests how different types of government funding affect the recovery of zombie enterprises in the manufacturing sector of China. The results show that funding for production and innovation can revive zombie enterprises in expanding industries, while funding for interest cannot....

In this paper, we have verified the financial crisis impact on economic growth in France. Referring to the main econometric and statistical tools, we mentioned the existence of Heteroscedasticity problem in the industrial production index, the consumer price index, the money market rate and the...

In this paper, we have verified the financial crisis impact on economic growth in France. Referring to the main econometric and statistical tools, we mentioned the existence of Heteroscedasticity problem in the industrial production index, the consumer price index, the money market rate and the...

The study investigates the factors that influence dividend payout policy in public manufacturing Pakistani companies throughout the timeframe 2010-20. Pooled OLS technique was used for regression purpose, as the majority of companies does not pay a dividend at all or regularly so all these firms...

Using plant-level pollution data from Environmental Survey and Reporting Database in China, we analyze how the government's 2007 environmental policy aiming to curb pollution from two-high industries (i.e., high-polluting and high energy-consuming) affect real firm pollution activities across...