Quantifying productivity is a conditio sine qua non for empirical analysis in a number of
research fields. The identification of the measure that best fits with the specific goals, as well …

We study the determinants of value creation in US commercial banks. We develop novel
measures of individual banks' productivities at collecting deposits and making loans that we …

This paper investigated to what extent firm innovation improves the aggregate productivity of
the Chinese manufacturing industry in the presence of market distortions. By deriving a …

In this paper we explain the discrepancy between the efficiency of the average production
unit and average efficiency by means of a covariance term relating size and technical …

In this paper we prove that the denominator rule, namely that weighting shares should be
defined in term of the denominator variable of the relevant index, is a necessary and …

This paper studies whether job reallocation in Slovenia, a post-socialist economy, has been
associated with gains in total factor productivity (TFP). We document the importance of entry …

Abstract The novel Finnish Longitudinal OWNer-Employer-Employee (FLOWN) database
was used to analyze how the characteristics of owners and employees relate to firm …

The main purpose of this book is to develop the theory of (intertemporal) productivity
measurement without relying on the usual neo-classical assumptions, such as the existence …

Based on French firm-level data, we evaluate the contribution of the micro-level profit-
shifting–through tax haven foreign direct investments–to the aggregate productivity …

This paper argues that the typical practice of performing growth decompositions based on
log-transformed productivity values induces fallacious conclusions: using logs may lead to …