9 minutes • Episode 2

Podcast: Transforming Growth Series

Electricity and Firm Productivity - Stephie Fried

20 April 2021

The Transforming Growth series, narrated by Tim Phillips, investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.

Interviewers

Tim Phillips

Interviewees

Stephie Fried

In this second episode of five, Tim talks to Stephie Fried (Arizona State University and San Francisco Fed) about how important a reliable source of electricity is for firms that want to grow.

Read Electricity and Firm Productivity: A General-Equilibrium Approach by Stephie Fried (Arizona State University and San Francisco Fed) and David Lagakos (Boston University) presented at the STEG Annual Conference 2021.

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