Developments in Econometric Analyses of Productivity

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1 Econometric Approaches to Productivity Measurement: A Brief Overview.
• 1.1 Introduction.
• 1.2 Index of Total Factor Productivity.
• 1.3 Total Factor Productivity versus Labor Productivity.
• 1.4 Influence of Imported Intermediate Inputs on Productivity Measures.
• 1.5 Frontier Functions.
• 1.6 Productivity of Inputs Used, Elasticity of Substitution, and Economies of Scale.
• 1.7 Final Remarks.
• References.
• 2 Intertemporal Changes in the Levels of Regional Labor Productivity in Canadian Manufacturing.
• 2.1 Introduction.
• 2.2 A Conceptual Framework for Interregional and Intertemporal Productivity Comparisons.
• 2.3 Interpreting Labor Productivity Growth.
• 2.4 Trends in Labor Productivity.
• 2.5 Labor Productivity in Two-Digit Regional Manufacturing Industries.
• 2.6 Differences in the Levels of Labor Productivity.
• 2.7 Labor Productivity Levels in Ontario and Quebec Two-Digit Industries.
• 2.8 Summary.
• 3 Growth Accounting in an Open Economy.
• 3.1 Introduction.
• 3.2 Value Added.
• 3.3 Deliveries to Final Demand.
• 3.4 Aggregation over Sectors in an Open Economy.
• 3.5 Conclusion.
• 4 A Comparison of Alternative Frontier Cost Function Specifications.
• 4.1 Introduction.
• 4.2 The Frontier Cost Function.
• 4.3 Data and Estimation Procedures.
• 4.4 Frontier Estimation Results.
• 4.5 Conclusion.
• Notes.
• Appendix to Chapter 4.
• 5 A Factor Augmenting Approach for Studying Capital Measurement, Obsolescence, and the Recent Productivity Slowdown.
• 5.1 Introduction.
• 5.2 Explanations of the Recent Slowdown.
• 5.3 The Trouble with Pollution and Energy.
• 5.4 The Relevance of Technical Change Measures.
• 5.5 Theory of Estimating Technical Change.
• 5.6 The Cost Function.
• 5.7 Technical Change Series.
• 5.8 Data and Estimation.
• 5.9 Results.
• 5.10 Conclusions.
• 6 Simultaneous Estimation of Factor Substitution, Economies of Scale Productivity, and Non-Neutral Technical Change.
• 6.1 Introduction.
• 6.2 Specification.
• 6.3 Functional Form.
• 6.4 Estimation.
• 6.5 Data.
• 6.6 Empirical Results.
• 6.7 Scale Effects.
• 6.8 Changing Input Prices.
• 6.9 Technological Change.
• 6.10 Summary and Conclusions.
• 7 Lie Group Methods and the Theory of Estimating Total Productivity.
• 7.1 Introduction and Summary.
• 7.2 Holotheticity and the Scale Effect: Lie Group Theory.
• 7.3 Estimation Procedures.
• 7.4 Estimation of the Scale Effect.
• 7.5 The Lie Operator Technique for Estimating Productivity.
• 7.6 The Effect of Technical Progress Represented by New Forms of the Production Function.
• Name Index.