This paper examines sectoral productivity shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, their aggregate impact, and the possible compensatory effects of improving productivity in infrastructure-related sectors. We employ the KLEMS annual dataset for a group of OECD and Latin America and the Caribbean...

We analyze the influence of climate change on soybean yields in a multivariate time-series framework for a major soybean producer and exporter-Argentina. Long-run relationships are found in partial systems involving climatic, technological, and economic factors. Automatic model selection...