Research classified by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes

2020

• Heinz D. Kurz, 2020, "The theory of value and distribution and the problem of capital," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Edward Elgar Publishing, volume 17, issue 2, pages 241-264, September.
• Robert A. Blecker & Mark Setterfield, 2020, "On multi-sector and multi-technique models, production functions and Goodwin cycles: a reply to Libman," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Edward Elgar Publishing, volume 17, issue 3, pages 295-306, November.
• Shurui Zhang & Shuo Wang & Lingran Yuan & Xiaoguang Liu & Binlei Gong, 2020, "The impact of epidemics on agricultural production and forecast of COVID-19," China Agricultural Economic Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 12, issue 3, pages 409-425, July, DOI: 10.1108/CAER-04-2020-0055.
• Varun Mahajan, 2020, "Is productivity of Indian pharmaceutical industry affected with the introduction of product patent act?," Indian Growth and Development Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 13, issue 1, pages 227-258, February, DOI: 10.1108/IGDR-11-2018-0116.
• Federico Carril-Caccia, 2020, "Does the origin matter? The effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in France," International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 16, issue 8, pages 2136-2154, July, DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-10-2019-0823.
• Ivana Blažková & Ondřej Dvouletý & Ondřej Machek, 2020, "What drives total factor productivity and its growth in post-communist countries? The case of the Czech food industry," Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 10, issue 3, pages 285-305, April, DOI: 10.1108/JADEE-04-2019-0050.
• Alessandro Bellocchi & Edgar Sanchez Carrera & Giuseppe Travaglini, 2020, "Asymmetries in the euro area and TFP growth: evidence from three major European economies," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 48, issue 5, pages 945-967, September, DOI: 10.1108/JES-03-2020-0134.
• Yongseung Han & Thomas Littlefield & Myeong Hwan Kim, 2020, "Parametric estimation of a gauge function and a measure of technical efficiency," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 48, issue 6, pages 1145-1161, October, DOI: 10.1108/JES-08-2020-0380.
• Paul Simshauser, 2020, "Merchant utilities and boundaries of the firm: vertical integration in energy-only markets," Working Papers, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, number EPRG2008, May.
• Paul Simshauser & Joel Gilmore, 2020, "Is the NEM broken? Policy discontinuity and the 2017-2020 investment megacycle," Working Papers, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, number EPRG2014, May.
• Victor Ajayi & Geoffroy Dolphin & Karim Anaya & Michael Pollitt, 2020, "The Productivity Puzzle in Network Industries: Evidence from the Energy Sector," Working Papers, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, number EPRG2021, Jul.
• Enkhbayar Shagdar & Tomoyoshi Nakajima, 2020, "Economic Impacts to Be Brought by the DPRK's Return to International Society: CGE Analysis with the GTAP 9A Data Base," Discussion papers, ERINA - Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia, number 2003, Apr.
• Panayiotis G. Curtis & Michael Hanias & Eleftherios Kourtis & Mixalis Kourtis, 2020, "Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Financial Ratios: Α Pro-Stakeholders’ View of Performance Measurement for Sustainable Value Creation of the Wind Energy," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), volume 0, issue 2, pages 326-350.
• Artur Wilczynski & Ewa Koloszycz & Michal Switlyk, 2020, "Technical Efficiency of Dairy Farms: An Empirical Study of Producers in Poland," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, volume 0, issue 1, pages 117-127.
• Kukuh Lukiyanto & Maranatha Wijayaningtyas, 2020, "Technology Adoption as an Innovation in Entrepreneurial Marketing Dimension Allowing to Improve Micro and Small Businesses’ Performance," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, volume 0, issue 1, pages 552-564.
• Piotr Borawski & Adam Pawlewicz & Bartosz Mickiewicz & Katarzyna Pawlewicz & Aneta Bełdycka-Borawska & Lisa Holden & Agnieszka Brelik, 2020, "Economic Sustainability of Dairy Farms in the EU," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, volume 0, issue Special 1, pages 955-978.
• Margarita Konstantinovna Perova, 2020, "Chinese Companies in U.S. High-Tech Sectors," Spatial Economics=Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Khabarovsk, Russia), issue 3, pages 139-155, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2020.
• Vedunka Kopecna & Milan Scasny & Lukas Recka, 2020, "Estimating Elasticity of Substitution in CES Production Function: Examining Different Nesting Structures and EU Regions," Working Papers IES, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, number 2020/43, Nov, revised Nov 2020.
• Xiaoheng Zhang & Xu Tian, 2020, "Firm-Level TFP Growth in the Chinese Automobile Industry," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, volume 15, issue 1, pages 103-123, March.
• Shiyi Chen, 2020, "What Implications Does COVID-19 Have on Sustainable Economic Development in the Medium and Long Terms?," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, volume 15, issue 3, pages 380-395, September.
• Marwan Izzeldin & Emmanuel Mamatzakis & Anthony Murphy & Mike G. Tsionas, 2020, "A Novel MIMIC-Style Model of European Bank Technical Efficiency and Productivity Growth," Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, number 2012, May, DOI: 10.24149/wp2012.
• John G. Fernald & Robert Inklaar, 2020, "Does Disappointing European Productivity Growth Reflect a Slowing Trend? Weighing the Evidence and Assessing the Future," Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, number 2020-22, Jun, DOI: 10.24148/wp2020-22.
• Joel M. David & Lukas Schmid & David Zeke, 2020, "Risk-Adjusted Capital Allocation and Misallocation," Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, number WP-2020-34, Dec, DOI: 10.21033/wp-2020-34.
• Bill Dupor & M. Saif Mehkari, 2020, "Schools and Stimulus," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, volume 102, issue 2, pages 145-171, May, DOI: 10.20955/r.102.145-71.
• Ezra Oberfield & Esteban Rossi-Hansberg & Pierre-Daniel G. Sarte & Nicholas Trachter, 2020, "Plants in Space," Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, number 20-05, May, DOI: 10.21144/wp20-05.
• Pedro Miguel Avelino Bação & António Portugal Duarte & Diogo Viveiros, 2020, "Exports Since the International Financial Crisis," CeBER Working Papers, Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER), University of Coimbra, number 2020-01, Jan.
• Solomon, Edna M., 2020, "Types of R&D investment and firm productivity: UK evidence on heterogeneity and complementarity in rates of return," Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre, number 30341, Dec.
• Thomas Grebel & Mauro Napoletano & Lionel Nesta, 2020, "Distant but Close in Sight. Firm-level Evidence on French-German Productivity Gaps in Manufacturing," GREDEG Working Papers, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France, number 2020-50, Nov.
• Gilbert Cette & Lorraine Koehl & Thomas Philippon, 2020, "Labor share," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02484249, Mar, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.108979.
• Kristiaan Kerstens & Jafar Sadeghi & Ignace van de Woestyne, 2020, "Plant capacity notions in a non-parametric framework: a brief review and new graph or non-oriented plant capacities," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02497012, May, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-019-03485-8.
• Zuzana Fungáčová & Paul-Olivier Klein & Laurent Weill, 2020, "Persistent and transient inefficiency: Explaining the low efficiency of Chinese big banks," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-03058848, Feb, DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101368.
• Thomas Grebel & Mauro Napoletano & Lionel Nesta, 2020, "Distant but close in sight. Firm-level evidence on French-German productivity gaps in manufacturing," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-03059219, Oct.
• Prudence Dato & Tunç Durmaz & Aude Pommeret, 2020, "Smart grids and renewable electricity generation by households," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-03967865, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104511.
• Thanh Tam Nguyen-Huu & Khac Minh Nguyen & Mai Lan Phung, 2020, "Productivity growth and job reallocation: Evidence from the garment industry in Vietnam," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-04248216.
• Christian Abele & Agnès Bénassy-Quéré & Lionel Fontagné, 2020, "One Size Does Not Fit All: TFP in the Aftermath of Financial Crises in Three European Countries," PSE Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-02883685, Dec.
• Thomas Grebel & Mauro Napoletano & Lionel Nesta, 2020, "Distant but close in sight. Firm-level evidence on french-german productivity gaps in manufacturing," Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL, number halshs-03049459, Sep.
• Claudiu Tiberiu Albulescu & Serban Miclea, 2020, "Firm-level total factor productivity convergence in German electricity and gas industry," Working Papers, HAL, number hal-02512939, Mar.
• Djaffar Lessy & Nahla Dhib & Francine Diener & Marc Diener, 2020, "May microcredit lead to inclusion?," Working Papers, HAL, number hal-02914031, Aug.
• Stefan Ambec & Philippe de Donder, 2020, "Environmental Policy with Green Consumerism," Working Papers, HAL, number hal-02945517.
• Stefan Ambec & Claude Crampes, 2020, "Real-time electricity pricing to balance green energy intermittency," Working Papers, HAL, number hal-02945519.
• Stefan Ambec & Philippe de Donder, 2020, "Environmental Policy with Green Consumerism," Working Papers, HAL, number hal-02993200, Nov.
• Christian Abele & Agnès Bénassy-Quéré & Lionel Fontagné, 2020, "One Size Does Not Fit All: TFP in the Aftermath of Financial Crises in Three European Countries," Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-02883685, Dec.
• Thomas Grebel & Mauro Napoletano & Lionel Nesta, 2020, "Distant but close in sight. Firm-level evidence on french-german productivity gaps in manufacturing," Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-03049459, Sep.
• Leandro Prados de la Escosura, 2020, "Capital in Spain, 1850-2019," Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES), number 0197, Oct.
• Leandro Prados de la Escosura & Joan R. Rosés, 2020, "Accounting for Growth in Spain, 1850-2019," Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES), number 0198, Oct.
• Baum, Christopher F & Lööf, Hans & Stephan, Andreas & Viklund-Ros, Ingrid, 2020, "The impact of offshoring on innovation and productivity: Evidence from Swedish manufacturing firms," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, number 486, Aug.
• Chen, Yan, 2020, "Impacts of COVID-19 on Tight Oil Supply: Evidence from a Price Responsiveness Econometric Model," EfD Discussion Paper, Environment for Development, Luleå University of Technology, number 20-25, Jul.
• Lindgren, Charlie & Li, Yujiao & Rudholm, Niklas, 2020, "Why do firms compete on price comparison websites? The impact on productivity, profits, and wages," HFI Working Papers, Institute of Retail Economics (Handelns Forskningsinstitut), number 14, Sep.
• Bostian, Moriha & Lundgren, Tommy, 2020, "Valuing ecosystem services for agricultural TFP," CERE Working Papers, CERE - the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics, number 2020:14, Jun.
• Sandström, Maria, 2020, "Intangible Capital, Markups and Pro fits," Working Paper Series, Uppsala University, Department of Economics, number 2020:4, Aug.
• Nikita I. Lychakov & Dmitrii L. Saprykin & Nadia Vanteeva, 2020, "Not Backward: Comparative Labour Productivity In British And Russian Manufacturing, Circa 1908," HSE Working papers, National Research University Higher School of Economics, number WP BRP 199/HUM/2020.
• Sule Alan & Ceren Baysan & Mert Gumren & Elif Kubilay, 2020, "Building Inter-Ethnic Cohesion in Schools: An Intervention on Perspective-Taking," Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group, number 2020-009, Jan.
• Moita, Rodrigo & Monte, Daniel, 2019, "Competitive Equilibrium and Optimal Capacity Matrix in Electricity Markets with Renewables," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 10078, Dec, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002098.
• Pinzón, Kathia & Carrillo Maldonado, Paul A., 2020, "Do Imports of Intermediate Inputs Generate Higher Productivity?: Evidence from Ecuadorian Manufacturing," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 10398, Jun, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002448.
• Frisancho, Verónica & Valdivia, Martín, 2020, "Savings Groups, Risk Coping, and Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 10899, Dec, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002910.
• Aramburu, Julián & Figal Garone, Lucas & Maffioli, Alessandro & Salazar, Lina & López, César Augusto, 2019, "Direct and Spillover Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Dominican Republic," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 9671, Jun, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001742.
• Siti Annita Otaviya & Lina Nugraha Rani, 2020, "Productivity And Its Determinant Of Islamic Banks Evidence From Indonesia," Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance, Bank Indonesia, volume 6, issue 1, pages 189-212, February, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21098/jimf.v6i1..
• Kristiaan KERSTENS & Jafar SADEGHI & Ignace VAN DE WOESTYNE & John WALDEN, 2020, "Short-Run Johansen Frontier-Based Industry Models: Methodological Refinements and Empirical Illustration on Fisheries," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2020-EQM-01, May.
• Kristiaan KERSTENS & Jafar SADEGHI & Medhi TOLOO & Ignace VAN DE WOESTYNE, 2020, "Procedures for Ranking, Technical and Cost Ecient Units: With a Focus on Nonconvexity," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2020-EQM-02, May.
• Giovanni CESARONI & Kristiaan KERSTENS & Ignace VAN DE WOESTYNE, 2020, "The Shape of Ray Average Cost and Its Role in Multioutput Scale Economies: Some Generalisations," Working Papers, IESEG School of Management, number 2020-EQM-03, May.
• Martino Pelli & Jeanne Tschopp & Natalia Bezmaternykh & Kodjovi M. Eklou, 2020, "In the Eye of the Storm Firms and Capital Destruction in India," IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund, number 2020/203, Sep.
• Rajeswari Sengupta & Harsh Vardhan, 2020, "Productivity growth in Indian banking: Who did the gains accrue to?," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, number 2020-024, Jun.
• Rajeswari Sengupta & Harsh Vardhan, 2020, "Are more productive banks always better?," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, number 2020-027, Aug.
• Brixiova Schwidrowski, Zuzana & Kangoye, Thierry & Tregenna, Fiona, 2020, "Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 12926, Jan.
• Wong, Gary & Fleisher, Belton M. & Zhao, Min Qiang & McGuire, William H., 2020, "Technical Progress and Induced Innovation in China: A Variable Profit Function Approach," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13017, Feb.
• Fleisher, Belton M. & McGuire, William H. & Wang, Xiaojun & Zhao, Min Qiang, 2020, "Induced Innovation: Evidence from China's Secondary Industry," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13072, Mar.
• Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos & López-Calva, Luis-Felipe & Barriga Cabanillas, Oscar, 2020, "The Effects of Local Market Concentration and International Competition on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Mexico," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13147, Apr.
• Alipour, Jean-Victor & Falck, Oliver & Schüller, Simone, 2020, "Germany's Capacities to Work from Home," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13152, Apr.
• Baert, Stijn & Lippens, Louis & Moens, Eline & Weytjens, Johannes & Sterkens, Philippe, 2020, "The COVID-19 Crisis and Telework: A Research Survey on Experiences, Expectations and Hopes," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13229, May.
• Abebe, Girum & McMillan, Margaret & Serafinelli, Michel, 2020, "Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13422, Jun.
• Amodio, Francesco & Martinez-Carrasco, Miguel A., 2020, "Workplace Incentives and Organizational Learning," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13898, Nov.
• de Roux, Nicolás & Eslava, Marcela & Franco, Santiago & Verhoogen, Eric, 2020, "Estimating Production Functions in Differentiated-Product Industries with Quantity Information and External Instruments," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 14006, Dec.
• Ogunniyi Adebayo & Omotoso Opeyemi & Ayeni Jacob & Olufadewa Mayokun & Rufai Mistura & Abiodun Olusola Omotayo & Olagunju Kehinde Oluseyi, 2020, "Resource-Use Efficiency And Production Constraints Among Cassava Farmers in Nigeria: Insight, Linkage and Pathway," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, volume 54, issue 4, pages 1-15, October-D.
• Chandrima Sikdar & Kakali Mukhopadhyay, 2020, "Technology Transfer And Productivity Growth- Evidence From Indian Manufacturing Industries," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, volume 54, issue 4, pages 17-32, October-D.
• Tanaka, Kiyoyasu, 2020, "Trade and productivity in formal and informal firms : panel data evidence from Cambodia," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 771, Mar.
• Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro, 2020, "Allocation efficiency in China's state-owned, private, and foreign sector firms," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 778, Mar.
• Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro, 2020, "Market power of China's state-owned firms : evidence from manufacturing firm-level data," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 779, Mar.
• Syed Manzur Quader & Mohammad Nayeem Abdullah, 2020, "How financial market in Bangladesh appraises efficiency?," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, volume 53, issue 3, pages 475-494, August, DOI: 10.1007/s10644-019-09259-3.
• Mahdi Ghodsi, 2020, "Is Austria’s economy locked-in in the CESEE region? Austria’s competitiveness at the micro-level," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, volume 47, issue 3, pages 669-693, August, DOI: 10.1007/s10663-019-09451-8.
• Martin Boďa & Mariana Považanová, 2020, "Productivity patterns in Europe: adaptation of the Malmquist index to measuring group performance and productivity change over time," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, volume 47, issue 4, pages 949-989, November, DOI: 10.1007/s10663-019-09466-1.
• Cândida Ferreira, 2020, "Evaluating European Bank Efficiency Using Data Envelopment Analysis: Evidence in the Aftermath of the Recent Financial Crisis," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 26, issue 4, pages 391-405, November, DOI: 10.1007/s11294-020-09807-y.
• Zuzana Brixiová & Thierry Kangoye & Fiona Tregenna, 2020, "Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, volume 41, issue 1, pages 37-51, March, DOI: 10.1007/s10834-020-09663-2.
• Zuzana Brixiová & Thierry Kangoye & Fiona Tregenna, 2020, "Correction to: Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, volume 41, issue 4, pages 762-762, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10834-020-09718-4.
• Jeremy Franklin & May Rostom & Gregory Thwaites, 2020, "The Banks that Said No: the Impact of Credit Supply on Productivity and Wages," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, volume 57, issue 2, pages 149-179, April, DOI: 10.1007/s10693-019-00306-8.
• Nan Jiang & Antony Andrews, 2020, "Efficiency of New Zealand’s District Health Boards at Providing Hospital Services: A stochastic frontier analysis," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 53, issue 1, pages 53-68, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-019-00550-z.
• Almas Heshmati & Masoomeh Rashidghalam, 2020, "Estimation of technical change and TFP growth based on observable technology shifters," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 53, issue 1, pages 21-36, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-019-00558-5.
• Pontus Mattsson & Jonas Månsson & William H. Greene, 2020, "TFP change and its components for Swedish manufacturing firms during the 2008–2009 financial crisis," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 53, issue 1, pages 79-93, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-019-00561-w.
• Man Jin & Huiting Tian & Subal C. Kumbhakar, 2020, "How to survive and compete: the impact of information asymmetry on productivity," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 53, issue 1, pages 107-123, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-019-00562-9.
• AJ A. Bostian & Moriah B. Bostian & Marita Laukkanen & Antti Simola, 2020, "Assessing the productivity consequences of agri-environmental practices when adoption is endogenous," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 53, issue 2, pages 141-162, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-019-00564-7.
• Satya Paul & Sriram Shankar, 2020, "Estimating efficiency effects in a panel data stochastic frontier model," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 53, issue 2, pages 163-180, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-019-00568-3.
• Binlei Gong & Robin C. Sickles, 2020, "Non-structural and structural models in productivity analysis: study of the British Isles during the 2007–2009 financial crisis," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 53, issue 2, pages 243-263, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-019-00571-8.
• Sasan Bakhtiari, 2020, "Do manufacturing entrepreneurs in Australia have (or develop) a productivity advantage?," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 53, issue 3, pages 321-338, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-020-00576-8.
• David B. Humphrey, 2020, "Distance functions, bank output, and productivity," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 54, issue 1, pages 13-26, August, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-020-00582-w.
• Sansi Yang & C. Richard Shumway, 2020, "Knowledge accumulation in US agriculture: research and learning by doing," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 54, issue 2, pages 87-105, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-020-00586-6.
• Kai Sun & Ruhul Salim, 2020, "A semiparametric stochastic input distance frontier model with application to the Indonesian banking industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 54, issue 2, pages 139-156, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-020-00589-3.
• Yuxin Li & Derek Bosworth, 2020, "R&D spillovers in a supply chain and productivity performance in British firms," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, volume 45, issue 1, pages 177-204, February, DOI: 10.1007/s10961-018-9652-x.
• Maximilian Goethner & Michael Wyrwich, 2020, "Cross-faculty proximity and academic entrepreneurship: the role of business schools," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, volume 45, issue 4, pages 1016-1062, August, DOI: 10.1007/s10961-019-09725-0.
• Roland Meyer & Gert Brunekreeft & George Elias, 2020, "TOTEX Malmquist index for CPI-X regulation: Does it correctly estimate the true frontier shift?," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, volume 58, issue 1, pages 78-97, August, DOI: 10.1007/s11149-020-09411-2.
• Eduard Braun, 2020, "Capital as in capitalism, or capital as in capital goods, or both?," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, volume 33, issue 3, pages 383-395, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11138-018-0415-6.
• Yusuf Tanko & Kang Cheah Yong & Rabiul Islam, 2020, "Economic Efficiency of Farm Size, Fertilizer, and Improve seeds on Rice Production in Kano State, Nigeria," Academic Journal of Economic Studies, Faculty of Finance, Banking and Accountancy Bucharest,"Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest, volume 6, issue 2, pages 21-32, June.
• Shimaa Elkomy & Hilary Ingham & Robert Read, 2020, "The Impact of Foreign Technology & Embodied R&D On Productivity in Internationally-Oriented & High-Technology Industries in Egypt, 2006-2009," Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department, number 293574925.
• Zuzana Brixiová & Thierry Kangoye & Fiona Tregenna, 2020, "Enterprising women in Southern Africa: When does land ownership matter?," SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town, number 258.
• Valentin Jouvanceau, 2023, "Consumer price rigidity in periods of low and high inflation: the case of Lithuania," Bank of Lithuania Discussion Paper Series, Bank of Lithuania, number 34, Dec.
• Sajid Hussain & Uzma Nisar & Waseem Akram, 2020, "An Analysis of the Cost Structure of Food Industries in Pakistan: An Application of the Translog Cost Function," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, volume 25, issue 2, pages 1-22, July-Dec.
• Roberta De Santis & Cecilia Jona Lasinio & Piero Esposito, 2020, "Environmental regulation and productivity growth: main policy challenges," Working Papers LuissLab, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, LUISS Guido Carli, number 20153.
• Abdul Malik Iddrisu & Dede W. A. Gafa & Maliha Abubakari & Christian Arnault Emini & Olivier Beaumais, 2020, "Implications of the Fertilizer-Subsidy Programme on Income Growth, Productivity, and Employment in Ghana," Working Papers MPIA, PEP-MPIA, number 2020-05.
• Filipe Lage de Sousa Author-Name: Glaucia Estefânia de Sousa Ferreira Author-Name: Leandro Justino Pereira Veloso Author-Name: Synthia Kariny Silva de Santana, 2020, "Diversity to Foster Innovation: Using the Lens of Brazilian Microdata," Working Papers PMMA, PEP-PMMA, number 2020-11.
• Biljana Jovanovic, 2020, "Export and firms' performance in North Macedonia: self selection or learning by doing?," Working Papers, National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, number 2020-01.
• Jun Cai & William C. Horrace & Christopher F. Parmeter, 2020, "Density Deconvolution with Laplace Errors and Unknown Variance," Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, number 225, Mar.
• William C. Horrace & Hyunseok Jung & Shane Sanders, 2020, "Network Competition and Team Chemistry in the NBA," Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, number 226, Mar.
• William C. Horrace & Yulong Wang, 2020, "Nonparametric Tests of Tail Behavior in Stochastic Frontier Models," Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, number 230, Jun.
• William C. Horrace & Michah W. Rothbart & Yi Yang, 2020, "Technical Efficiency of Public Middle Schools in New York City," Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, number 235, Dec.
• Panagiotis Ravanos & Giannis Karagiannis, 2020, "Tricks with the BoD model and an application to the e-Government Development Index," Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, number 2020_02, May, revised May 2020.
• Panagiotis Ravanos & Giannis Karagiannis, 2020, "Using VEA to assess effectiveness in the development of human capabilities," Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, number 2020_03, May, revised May 2020.
• José Santos & Nuno Tavares & Gabriel Osório de Barros, 2020, "Built Like a House of Cards? - Corporate Indebtedness and Productivity Growth in the Portuguese Construction Sector," GEE Papers, Direção-Geral da Economia – DGE (Directorate-General of the Economy), number 0141, Feb, revised Feb 2020.
• Paulo Matos & Pedro Neves, 2020, "The Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in the Portuguese Quaternary Sector," GEE Papers, Direção-Geral da Economia – DGE (Directorate-General of the Economy), number 0149, Apr, revised Apr 2020.
• Ana Martins & Guida Nogueira & Eva Pereira, 2020, "International Sourcing in Portuguese Companies Evidence from Portuguese Micro Data," GEE Papers, Direção-Geral da Economia – DGE (Directorate-General of the Economy), number 0157, Dec, revised Dec 2020.
• Catherine Fuss, 2020, "Multi-product exporters : Costs, prices and markups on foreign vs domestic markets," Working Paper Research, National Bank of Belgium, number 383, Jun.
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