Developments in Econometric Analyses of Productivity : Measurement and Modeling Issues
edited by Ali Dogramaci
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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- Name Index.
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1982
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Authors: | Dogramaci, Ali |
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Dordrecht : Springer |
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