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.

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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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