This paper asks how much of postwar U.S. economic growth came from investment-specific technological change -- cheaper, more efficient new equipment -- as opposed to ordinary (Hicks-neutral) …
PublishedClassicQuarterly Journal of EconomicsPublished Nov 2009
In a monopolistic-competition model with heterogeneous firms, a plant's revenue productivity should be equalised within an industry unless the plant faces distortions -- so the dispersion of revenue …
PublishedQuarterly Journal of EconomicsOnline 26 Dec 2024Published Apr 2025
When did sustained productivity growth begin in England? This paper constructs new estimates of the evolution of productivity in England from 1250 to 1870, with the goal of both dating the onset of …