Report NEP-EFF-2026-04-20

This is the archive for NEP-EFF, a report on new working papers in the area of Efficiency and Productivity. Angelo Zago issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Hennessy, Hugh & Lawless, Martina & O'Connor, Ciara, 2026, "Productivity growth in Europe: is Baumol cost disease an explanation?," Papers, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number WP817.
• Enghin Atalay & Ali Hortacsu & Nicole Kimmel & Chad Syverson, 2026, "Why Is Manufacturing Productivity Growth So Low?," Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, number 26-19, Apr, DOI: 10.21799/frbp.wp.2026.19.
• Vladislav Morozov & Andrea Sy, 2026, "Is Productivity Advantage of Cities Really Down To Mean and Variance?," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2604.13188, Apr.
• Michele Battisti & Antonio Francesco Gravina & Matteo Lanzafame, 2026, "When Manufacturing Matters Most: Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth Trajectories in Developing and Emerging Economies," ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank, number 840, Apr.
• Daouia, Abdelaati & Laurent, Thibault, 2026, "Robust Frontier and Efficiency Analysis with frontiles," TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), number 26-1731, Apr.
• Vygintas Gontis & Lesya Kolinets, 2026, "A Herding-Based Model of Technological Transfer and Economic Convergence: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2604.11413, Apr.
• Serdar Ozkan & Nicholas Sullivan, 2026, "How Does Immigration Shape Average Labor Productivity? Evidence from the CPS," On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, number 102986, Mar.
• Miguel León-Ledesma, 2026, "Structural Transformation and Productivity in Asia: An Overview," ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank, number 841, Apr.
• Elvis Korku Avenyo & Danilo Spinola & Fiona Tregenna, 2024, "Chinese manufacturing import penetration and firm performance: Evidence from Belt and Road Initiative countries," SARChI-ID Working Papers, SARChI Industrial Development (SARChI-ID), University of Johannesburg (UJ), number 2024-06, Jul, revised Jul 2024.
• David Benatia & R'emy Molini'e & Pierre-Olivier Pineau, 2026, "What Drives Energy Use? Prices, Efficiency Policies, and the Demand Frontier," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2604.12112, Apr.
• Ali Béjaoui & René Morissette, 2026, "Can matched employer-employee panel survey data on telework and self-reported productivity identify the productivity impact of telework?," CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO, number 2026s-05, Apr.
• Tetsuji OKAZAKI, 2026, "Recovery and Transition of the Japanese Economy after World War II: Productivity implications of policy regime changes on the coal mining industry," Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26030, Apr.
• Tsiboe, Francis & Njuki, Eric, 2026, "Agricultural Insurance Association with Farm Technology and Technical Efficiency," ARPC Working Paper, North Dakota State University, number 396438, Apr, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.396438.
• Nuriye Melisa Bilgin & Gianmarco Ottaviano, 2026, "AI unbound: digital infrastructure, AI adoption, and firm performance," CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, number dp2172, Apr.
• Ruben Gaetani & Gustavo de Souza & Martí Mestieri Ferrer, 2026, "More Trade, Less Diffusion: Technology Transfers and the Dynamic Effects of Import Liberalization," Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics, number 1572, Apr.
• Yukiko SAITO & Xinyi TONG & Kongphop WONGKAEW, 2026, "Inter-firm Network Dynamics of Production during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), number 26027, Apr.