; Distance to Frontier ; Inappropriate Technologies ; Skill-biased Technical Change ; Productivity ; TFP differences …

As it takes time and effort to learn how to fully utilise new technology and realise its maximum potential productivity … gain, adoption of new technology tends to reduce productivity temporarily, even though the potential productivity gain in … potential explanation of the following two “productivity puzzles” reported in the Information Technology (IT) literature and in …

We show that an increase in aggregate uncertainty - measured by stock market volatility - reduces productivity growth … uncertainty, firms that are credit constrained switch the composition of investment by reducing productivity-enhancing investment … difference-in-difference approach using productivity growth of 25 industries from 18 advanced economies over the period 1985 …

potential candidate countries. The analysis reveals that total factor productivity growth has been the main driver of … negative link between the initial level of GDP and subsequent growth. Labour productivity has improved in most countries, while … are needed in terms of labour productivity and utilisation, as well as in terms of physical and human capital accumulation. …

productivity, while import liberalization has ambiguous effects. Resource misallocation can either amplify, dampen or reverse the … productivity gains. Guided by theory, we provide evidence consistent with these effects operating through reallocations across … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the …

We examine the link between trade liberalization and aggregate productivity, with a focus on improved market selection … closely on productivity. Using a dynamic simulation, we find that enhanced selection increases aggregate productivity … substantially. Trade liberalization also increases productivity of incumbent plants and improves the allocation of activity. We find …

Labour productivity growth in the Canadian business sector slowed substantially after 2000. Most of the slowdown … and a slowdown in export growth. The paper finds that at least half of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is … because of the pro-cyclical nature of productivity growth arising from capacity utilization. Almost all of the aggregate …

The study investigates the causal impact of trade openness and technology transfers on productivity growth in … technology diffusion affecting productivity growth in developing countries. On the contrary technologically non-intensive imports … (imports from the less innovative countries) tend to have petty or even negative effect on productivity growth. The findings …