We study the importance of intangible capital (R&D, software, patents) for the measurement of productivity using firm … of input choice and unobserved productivity shocks. We find a positive output elasticity for research and development (R … output production function reduces productivity dispersion (measured by the 90-10 decile range) on average by 3%, in some …

the effects of temperature on firm-level total factor productivity (TFP), factor inputs, and output. We detect an inverted …

labour productivity. The service intensities in the sectoral production mix are lower in countries with higher manufacturing … shares. This holds for both catching up and developed economies. However, servitization is largely unrelated to productivity …

growing use of Chinese intermediates on the labour productivity growth in Nordic manufacturing production processes. The main … positive and economically relevant. This productivity effect exists before and after the financial crisis, in all Nordic … their domestic supply chains. Finally, China does not seem to be special: the productivity effect of the growing use of …

productivity. We examine these claims. Non-parametric plots and regressions show a robust positive association between the … manufacturing sector and Business R&D expenditures (BERD), while the relationship between manufacturing and exports or productivity …

Measuring the dispersion of productivity or efficiency across firms in a market or industry is rife with methodological …

Wirtschaftspolitik und ihr soll in dieser Arbeit nachgegangen werden. -- export-led growth ; trade ; productivity ; firm heterogeneity …

plant's placement within the productivity distribution. Appreciations of the local currency expose domestic plants to more … plants are forced from the market, which truncates the lower end of the productivity distribution. For surviving plants …, appreciations can lead to a reduction in plant size, which, in the presence of scale economies, can lower productivity. We examine …

. -- Knowledge capital ; productivity ; innovation ; manufacturing ; services ; knowledge intensity ; Community Innovation Survey …

; globalization ; emerging economies ; mechanical and electrical engineering ; productivity …