Since the seminal contribution of N. Gregory Mankiw, David Romer and David N. Weil in
1992 the growth empirics literature has used increasingly sophisticated methods to select …

China's rapid economic growth has resulted in resource consumption and environmental
degradation. Only by improving green total factor productivity (GTFP) can China's economic …

Despite the widely recognised importance of the manufacturing industry for successful
development few studies investigate this sector in cross-country analysis. We fill this gap in …

In this paper we estimate the long-run relationship between total factor productivity, R&D,
human capital and public infrastructure between 1980 and 2001 across Italian regions. We …

This paper aims at investigating the role of different types of proximity on the technological
activity of a region within the context of a knowledge production function, where R&D …

Innovation plays a crucial role in determining today's economic growth patterns. But what
enables some countries to innovate more than others? This study attempts to answer this …

This paper examines the contrasting effects of local agglomeration in innovation activities
and the interregional networks derived from innovation collaboration on R&D productivity …

This paper surveys and synthesizes fast‐growing literature on the measurement and
determinants of multi‐factor productivity (MFP). We identify three strands of the literature to …

This paper investigates international technology diffusion through trade and patenting in a
sample of 48 countries for the period 1980–2000. We divide the sample in three income …

There are few studies on the impact of domestic R&D on TFP in developing countries and
even less on the impact of both domestic and foreign R&D on TFP in developing countries …