determining the rate of growth of total factor productivity (TFP) . Specifically, we propose and illustrate a methodology for …

position variables and the potential spilover pool in explaining R&D intensity, patent productivity and TFP growth is explored … effects are significant in explaining patent productivity. I cannot distinguish between the two effects in explaining TFP … firms do more R&D themselves, they produce more patents per R&D dollar, and their productivity grows faster, even …

is assumed to differ in productivity according to a parametric function of R&D effort embodied in that vintage of capital …&D expenditures at Bell Laboratories and the improvements in the productivity of specific capital inputs which are due to those R … growing over time. In addition,the rate of increase in the productivity of capital inputs has risen over time. The model fails …

leaders. We find strong evidence of technological diffusion but not full convergence; differences in total factor productivity …

Productivity rises in booms and falls in recessions. There are four main explanations for this procyclical productivity … procyclical productivity as an essential feature of business cycles because each explanation has important implications for … utilization and resource reallocations are particularly important in explaining procyclical productivity. We also argue that the …