scholarly journals Tariffs and Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 275-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Ackah ◽  
Ernest Ernest Aryeetey ◽  
Oliver Morrissey
Keyword(s):  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Factor Productivity

scholarly journals Misallocation and Productivity: The Case of Vietnamese Manufacturing

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doan Thi Thanh Ha ◽  
Kozo Kiyota ◽  
Kenta Yamanouchi
Keyword(s):  
Size Distribution ◽  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Substantial Improvement ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Potential Productivity ◽  
Resource Misallocation ◽  
Productivity Gains ◽  
Actual Size

This paper attempts to measure the effect of resource misallocation on aggregate manufacturing total factor productivity, focusing on Vietnamese manufacturing firms during the period 2000–2009. One of the major findings of this paper is that there would have been substantial improvement in aggregate total factor productivity in Viet Nam in the absence of distortions. The results imply that potential productivity gains from removing distortions in Vietnamese manufacturing are large. We also find that smaller firms tend to face advantageous distortions, while larger firms tend to face disadvantageous ones. Moreover, the efficient size distribution is more dispersed than the actual size distribution. These results suggest that Viet Nam's policies may constrain its largest and most efficient producers, and coddle its smallest and least efficient ones.

scholarly journals The Quality of Regional Government and Firm Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Fernanda Ricotta
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Regional Institutions ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Cross Country

This paper examines the effect of the quality of regional government (QoG) on firm Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in a multi-country context. The analysis is based on comparable cross-country data of manufacturing firms operating in seven European countries. To disentangle internal from external productivity drivers, the multilevel approach is employed. Results show that firms’ characteristics are important but external factors also play a role. As regards the specific scope of this paper, the results provide evidence that institutional differences within countries do matter for firm performance. The attempts made to address endogeneity problems confirm the positive and significant impact of the quality of regional institutions on firm performance.

Productivity, Extent of Markets, and Manufacturing in the Late Antebellum South and Midwest

1994 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viken Tchakerian
Keyword(s):  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Antebellum South ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
The South ◽  
Manufacturing Performance ◽  
Antebellum Period

This article uses the Bateman-Weiss samples of manufacturing firms from 1850 and 1860 to estimate the labor and total factor productivity of southern and midwestern manufacturing industries in the late antebellum period. The results indicate rapid growth in productivity, especially in the South. The article also demonstrates a positive association between measured productivity, firm size, and urbanization. Differences in manufacturing performance between the South and the Midwest are shown to be crucially dependent on the extent of markets within the two regions.

scholarly journals How Special Is the Special Relationship? Using the Impact of U.S. R&D Spillovers on U.K. Firms as a Test of Technology Sourcing

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 1859-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Griffith ◽  
Rupert Harrison ◽  
John Van Reenen
Keyword(s):  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Technology Sourcing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

We examine the “technology sourcing” hypothesis that foreign research labs located in the U.S. tap into U.S. R&D spillovers and improve home country productivity. We show that U.K. firms that established a high proportion of inventors based in the U.S. by 1990 benefited disproportionately from the growth of U.S. R&D stock over the next ten years. We estimate that U.S. R&D during the 1990s was associated with 5 percent higher Total Factor Productivity for U.K. manufacturing firms in 2000 (about $13 billion), with the majority of benefits accruing to firms with an innovative presence in the U.S.

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