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

in total factor productivity (TFP), but the sources of TFP differences are not well understood. This paper considers the … parameterization, my model shows that conventional TFP measures overestimate fundamental productivity differences by 30%. I then show …

nonparametrically computed productivity measures to scan the frontier shifts across the entire input-output space. The shifts of the …

This paper employs a nonparametric approach to investigate the sources of growth in labor productivity for 77 countries … and to decompose it in the following three components: (1) total factor productivity; (2) capital deepening; and (3 …

’ productivity? Case Study of Indonesian Manufacturing -- 4. International Trade and Human Development Convergence: The Tale of ASEAN … -- 5. From Trade and Foreign Direct Investment to Technology: International R&D Spillovers and Productivity in ASEAN -- 6 …. Labor Productivity, Bilateral Trade, and Institutional Quality in ASEAN 6 Countries: Gravity Approach -- 7. Free Trade …

In this paper we develop a new concept of globalization defined as the exposure of a productivity follower industry in … one country to the productivity leader in another country. Globalization is measured by the intensity of contacts through … trade and foreign direct investment. In a simple model and empirically we show that the exposure of a productivity follower …

Firms are key to economic development, and CEOs are key to firm productivity. Are firms in countries at varying stages …, resulting in mismatches that can cause up to a 20% loss in productivity for the mismatched firms. The findings imply that …