Measures of institutional quality are strong predictors of cross-country differences in income and productivity. The …

, the increase in concentration is not accompanied by either increased markups or increased productivity. Instead, firms …

In this paper we explore the extent to which firms experience productivity spillovers from clustering using a rich data …-selection and endogenous location choice of firms in an estimation of firm level productivity. Controlling for competition effects … and distinguishing between urbanization and localization economies, we find strong evidence for productivity spillovers …

-driven decision making (DDD) is strongly associated with increased productivity. The benefits attributable to DDD are distinct from … becoming the key driver of productivity gains from 2010 to 2015 …

factor productivity (TFP) levels. We find that among surviving polluting plants, stricter air quality regulations are … productivity, though effects are also evident among particulates and sulfur dioxide emitters. Carbon monoxide regulations, on the …

(OFDI) and productivity. Results show that, first, the pre-entry productivity of OFDI firms is higher than that of non … holds for labor-intensive firms. and Second, the post-entry productivity improvement of OFDI firms only gained by capital …

production in addition to impacts of capital stock on productivity …

shows that, contrary to other performance indicators such as productivity, exporting activity is not systematically …”. -- Export premium ; productivity ; profitability …

This study disentangles the effects of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) and export on the productivity of … OFDI has a significant positive impact on firm productivity, but that the productivity effect of just export is … insignificant. A complementarity exists between OFDI and export in improving firm productivity. Further, the effects of OFDI and …