[HTML][HTML] RETRACTED: Green innovations and patents in OECD countries

A Heshmati, M Tsionas - 2023 - Elsevier
Green transition is important for the economics of the OECD countries and their transition to
cleaner production. This paper estimates a knowledge production function consisting of a …

The impact of sickness absenteeism on firm productivity: new evidence from Belgian matched employer–employee panel data

E Grinza, F Rycx - Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Using rich longitudinal matched employer–employee data for Belgium, we provide a first
investigation of the impact of sickness absenteeism on firms' productivity. To do so, we …

[HTML][HTML] Efficiency estimation using probabilistic regression trees with an application to Chilean manufacturing industries

MG Tsionas - International Journal of Production Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
We propose smooth monotone concave probabilistic regression trees for the estimation of
efficiency and productivity. In particular we modify these techniques to allow for the use of …

The productivity impacts of energy efficiency programs in developing countries: Evidence from iron and steel firms in China

M Filippini, T Geissmann, VJ Karplus, D Zhang - China Economic Review, 2020 - Elsevier
We study the impact of a national energy efficiency program on total factor productivity (TFP)
growth in firms in China's iron and steel industry. Using detailed firm-level survey data and …

Estimating production functions in differentiated-product industries with quantity information and external instruments

N De Roux, M Eslava, S Franco, E Verhoogen - 2021 - nber.org
This paper highlights shortcomings of standard methods of production-function estimation
when quality or variety vary at the firm level and develops a new approach that can be …

Testing the effect of investments in IT and R&D on labour productivity: New method and evidence for Indian firms

R Khanna, C Sharma - Economics Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Utilizing a micro-level dataset of 900 firms for the period 2000–2016 from Indian
manufacturing, this paper explores the effects of technological investments on labour …

Timing Assumptions and Efficiency: Empirical Evidence in a Production Function Context

DA Ackerberg - The Journal of Industrial Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent work estimating production functions has often used methodologies proposed in two
literatures:(1)“proxy variable” estimation techniques (Olley, S. and Pakes, A., 1996 …

Workers' tenure and firm productivity: New evidence from matched employer‐employee panel data

N Gagliardi, E Grinza, F Rycx - Industrial Relations: A Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using rich longitudinal matched employer‐employee data on Belgian firms, we explore the
impact of workers' tenure on firm productivity. To do so, we estimate production functions …

Political connections and misallocation of procurement contracts: evidence from Ecuador

F Brugués, J Brugués, S Giambra - Journal of Development Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
We use new administrative data from Ecuador to study the welfare effects of the
misallocation of procurement contracts caused by political connections. We show that firms …

Ultra-fast broadband access and productivity: Evidence from Italian firms

C Cambini, E Grinza, L Sabatino - International Journal of Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
We study the impact of ultra-fast broadband (UFB) infrastructures on the total factor
productivity (TFP) and labor productivity of firms. We use unique balanced panel data for the …