Speculative news on corporate takeovers may hurt productivity because uncertainty and threat of job loss cause anxiety … that firm productivity temporarily declines upon announcements of speculative takeover rumors that do not materialize. This … productivity dip is more pronounced for targets and for firms in countries with weaker employee rights and less long …

productivity. We link two new unique national U.S. data sets to provide the first causal estimates of the effect of providing at … least 80 hours of informal care in the past month on work productivity, compared to less intensive caregiving. We control … effect of providing at least 80 hours in the past month on work productivity, using the Work Productivity and Activity …

avoid the negative potential growth differentials by 2020-23. Total factor productivity was insufficient to avoid a …

-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP) levels. Two differences distinguish this analysis from that of the related …

productivity and monetary policy. We identify a condition under which these asset prices become more volatile without affecting the … to productivity shocks. The model we set up does well at matching second moments of exchange rate and equity returns for …