The paper investigates how changes in industries'' funding costs affect total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Based …

Most estimates of Indian manufacturing productivity find a slowdown in the 1990s. This has puzzled analysts, given that … points. This paper tests the hypothesis of the J curve of Productivity and Growth following major liberalization and finds it … result in negative effects on measured productivity …

, the external terms of trade, and productivity in the manufacturing sector. A once-and-for-all unit increase in the ratio …

This paper explores the role for specific structural distortions in explaining Mexico's weak productivity growth … well-defined distortions that have a statistically and economically meaningful effect on productivity via resource …

that China's productivity convergence remains at an early stage, with the industrial sector more advanced than services …

greater competition and at liberalizing key aspects of economic activity. This paper investigates productivity trends in India … productivity (TFP) growth in total manufacturing and many of the component sectors since 1980 were markedly higher than that in the … about factor elasticities and the assumed structure of the production function; (ii) productivity growth for total …

Total factor productivity (TFP) of 14 manufacturing sectors in France has kept up with that of the United States during … indicate that sectors further behind the technological frontier experience faster productivity growth and that spending on …