' productivity and technology transfer. We ask the following research questions: First, what is the nature of the relationship … between political connection and productivity, and does this relationship explain firms' productivity and innovation efforts … negative effects on their total factor productivity and research and development expenditure from their political connections …

functions together with detailed product-level information on prices and quantities to estimate physical productivity, markups … based on commonly used measures of revenue productivity. In contrast, we measure sizable efficiency gains using measures … that are not affected by pricing heterogeneity, such as marginal costs and physical productivity. Exploiting exogenous …

This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor … productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms during the period 1991 to 2001 in 26 … Indian manufacturing industries. The paper then analyses the factors explaining productivity growth, technical change and …

sector was only 22%. In order to examine the role of supply-side factors, total factor productivity growth was estimated in …. Using Data Envelopment Analysis at the firm level, it was found that both these sectors experienced productivity growth … above 10% after 2000. High domestic demand and high productivity growth largely explain the resilience of India’s services …

accounting for human capital, total factor productivity differences over time accounts for 48% to 69% of output variation. TFP …. Starting from a modest rate in 60s Productivity growth dipped and became negative in 70s. This productivity growth rate started …

This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor … productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms during the period 1991 to 2001 in 26 … Indian manufacturing industries. The paper then analyses the factors explaining productivity growth, technical change and …

measurement have still not been resolved. The issue of how to compute an aggregate productivity measure holds significance for two …Productivity growth in Indian manufacturing is an important driver of overall growth, yet the issues related to its … reasons: one, the productivity of a firm should reflect the productivity of the lower levels, which comprise the aggregate …