Between 2003 and 2008 productivity patterns diverged between the fast growing, newest members of the European Union and …, with productivity in Southern Europe going into reverse. This paper analyzes which factors - whether countrylevel or firm … which are part of international groups realize more productivity gains than larger domestic competitors. Among the more …

significant economies of scale (electronic products and motor vehicles). Our study links unsatisfactory productivity gains and the …

I examine the effect of reducing export tariffs on the productivity of domestic suppliers of exporting firms. Using a …) increases the productivity of intermediate input suppliers by 1.5 percent. The increase in productivity among domestic suppliers … accounts for 22.5 percent of aggregate productivity gains. I find that tariff cuts induce firms to acquire new machinery and …

a Melitz (2003) type productivity term to differentiate firms by the extent of exposure to the demand shock. The idea is … that the effects of the demand shock should be driven by differences in firm-level productivity from the period before the … initial establishment productivity with employment changes over a long panel from 1995 to 2009. The estimates show that the …

explain the differences in total factor productivity and establishment-size distributions across India, Mexico, and the United …

Numerous methods for measuring multifactor productivity have been used by economists. This report uses a recently … developed approach, data envlopment analysis, to measure productivity. This method can be used not only to calculate … productivity but also to divide productivity measures into indices that measure technical efficiency and technical change …

, and animal power, government subsidies encouraged the use of fertilizer and machines. Since productivity growth arises … from technical change, Brazil's drive to modernize its agricultural sector should improve agricultural productivity …. However, inefficient production practices arising from subsidies can slow multifactor productivity growth. Recent removal of …