energy productivity growth. We draw on the Solow growth model to build a benchmark exogenous framework to explore the basic … growth rates of energy productivity are the same across countries in the balanced growth path equilibrium, but the cross …-country differences in the efficiency of foreign technology absorption and indigenous innovation lead to cross-country divergence in the …

intermediate and capital goods and foreign direct investment, on the growth of total factor productivity and value added in the … domestic productivity and value-added growth. Imports of capital goods and foreign direct investment also play a similar role …

productivity growth than the leader nation. We derive a nonlinear specification for total factor productivity growth that nests … total factor productivity growth well. 22 of the 27 nations that we identify as lacking the critical human capital levels … needed to achieve faster total factor productivity growth than the leader nation in 1960 did achieve lower growth over the …

intermediate and capital goods and foreign direct investment, on the growth of total factor productivity and value added in the … domestic productivity and value added growth. Imports of technology goods and foreign direct investment also play a similar …