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Convergence of Firm-Level Productivity, Globalisation, Information Technology and Competition: Evidence from France

Chevalier, Paul-Antoine; Lecat, Rémy; Oulton, Nicholas - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

productive. The formers' convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … level. This article sheds light on this convergence process in the 1990s and the 2000s in France and on some of the factors … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

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Productivity Growth, Knowledge Flows and Spillovers

Crespi, Gustavo; Criscuolo, Chiara; Haskel, Jonathan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

This paper explores the role of knowledge flows and TFP growth by using direct survey data on knowledge flows linked to firm-level TFP growth data. Our knowledge flow data correspond to the kind of information flows often argued, especially by policy-makers, as important, such as within the...

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Productivity and ICT: A Review of the Evidence

Draca, Mirko; Sadun, Raffaella; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006

We survey the micro and macro literature on the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on productivity. The "Solow Paradox" of the absence of an impact of ICT on productivity no longer holds, if it ever did. Both growth accounting and econometric evidence suggest an...

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Productivity As If Space Mattered: An Application to Factor Markets Across China

Cheng, Wenya; Morrow, John; Tacharoen, Kitjawat - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

Optimal production decisions depend on local market characteristics. This paper develops a model to explain firm labor demand and firm density across regions. Firms vary in their technology to combine imperfectly substitutable worker types, and locate across regions with distinct distributions...

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