' productivity and technology transfer. We ask the following research questions: First, what is the nature of the relationship … between political connection and productivity, and does this relationship explain firms' productivity and innovation efforts … technology spillovers? The study uses hand-picked data on political donations made by Indian firms to contribute to the political …

We analyse the relationship between human capital and productivity growth using a five-country multi-industry dataset … average labour productivity, particularly when using our composite human capital measure. We also find some tentative evidence … that multi-factor productivity (MFP) growth is positively related to the use of high-skilled labour. However, externalities …

This paper investigates whether returns to domestic R&D and international R&D spillovers should be estimated without …-related knowledge spillovers, but also unobserved common spillovers and other effects. This indicates that knowledge spillovers and … returns to domestic R&D and international R&D spillovers. …

We analyze the dynamic interaction of Japan's total factor productivity, gross domestic product (GDP) domestic and … effects of permanent policy changes shows that (i) additional public R&D encourages private R&D and total factor productivity …

's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based …

's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based …

, R&D investments, and productivity across 12 OECD economies and 17 manufacturing and service industries. Much of the … positive relationship between those cognitive skills and the labour productivity in a country-sector combination. The part of … the cross-country cross-sector variation in labour productivity that can be explained by human capital is remarkably large …