Convergence of firm-level productivity, globalisation and information technology: Evidence from France

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• 作者：Paul-Antoine Chevalier ; R¨¦my Lecat ; Nicholas Oulton
• 关键词：D2 ; F1 ; J2 ; O3
• 刊名：Economics Letters
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：August, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：116
• 期：2
• 页码：244-246
• 全文大小：379 K

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This article studies the firm-level productivity convergence process in the 1990s and the 2000s in France. The speed of convergence has slowed during the course of the 1990s, a fact which is explained principally by the acceleration of the productivity of firms on the technological frontier. Evidence is presented that information technology and globalisation may have had a bigger impact on the most productive firms.