The aim of the paper is to test the Benhabib and Spiegel (2005) productivity (TFP) catch-up framework on European …

This research explores the effects of within-group heterogeneity on group-level productivity. It establishes that … detrimental effects of diversity on productivity. Moreover, the study demonstrates that variations in within- ethnic-group genetic …

mechanism for regional disparities, this paper aims to look at the causes of such immobility. The estimation procedure allows … migration decision (based on observed and unobserved characteristics). This study finds that the productivity differential is …

model, the state-wide total factor productivity growth (TFPG) indices of US commercial banks for each state for the 1971 …-1995 period. We observe that the productivity growth of commercial banks in state i depends strongly, positively, and … contemporaneously on the productivity growth of commercial banks located in state i's contiguous states. Further, "regulatory space …