Timmer, Marcel P.; Lashitew, Addisu A.; Inklaar, Robert - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Rijksuniversiteit … - 2014
When capital and labor are not allocated to the more productive firms, aggregate total factor productivity (TFP) suffers. Can this explain observed productivity differences across countries? We estimate manufacturing TFP levels for 52 developing countries and decompose it into a part due to...