This paper aims to provide empirical researchers with an overview of the methodological
issues that arise when estimating total factor productivity at the establishment level, as well …

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 …

Green transformation of enterprises is a key link for China to realize green development and
an important path for China to achieve high-quality development. This paper utilizes panel …

Faced with the global climate change, as a major greenhouse gas emitter, China launched a
pilot policy on low-carbon city construction since 2010. Few studies have discussed how …

This paper examines some of the recent literature on the estimation of production functions.
We focus on techniques suggested in two recent papers, Olley and Pakes (1996) and …

In the context of addressing climate change and promoting high-quality development, it is
necessary to evaluate the impact of carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) on China's total …

Alongside instrumental-variables and fixed-effects approaches, the control function
approach is the most widely used in production function estimation. Olley and Pakes (1996 …

We investigate the determinants of regional development using a newly constructed
database of 1,569 subnational regions from 110 countries covering 74% of the world's …

In the common case where polynomial approximations are used for unknown functions, I
show how proxy variable approaches to controlling for unobserved productivity, proposed by …

This paper examines the long-run causal effects of management on firm performance. Under
the United States Technical Assistance and Productivity Program (1952–1958), the United …