This paper augments the traditional growth accounting framework by including a common specification of investment adjustment costs, and uses the new framework to examine the past and likely future growth in nonfarm business output in the US. The inclusion of adjustment costs can have large...

Regulatory reform efforts in a broad range of industries have resulted in increased importance of competitive forces as a means to allocate resources and improve economic efficiency. A number of indicators suggest that such forces have been stronger in the United States than in most other OECD...