We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Ourresults show that regional growth …

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … step forward occurring following Deng Xiaoping's "South Trip" in 1992. We find that FDI had much larger effect on TFP …, direct effect of human capital on TFP growth. This direct effect is hypothesized to come from domestic innovation activities …

's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based …–1989, we document a significant narrowing of sectoral West-to-East TFP gaps as a result of East Germany's industrial espionage … German technological frontier. Based on our findings, we estimate that the average TFP gap between West and East Germany at …

productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic …, estimates of TFP growth could be obtained and its determinants were examined using regression analysis. The parametric TFP … growth measure is compared with the non-parametric Solow residual. TFP has recorded positive growth for all provinces during …

This paper models and estimates total factor productivity (TFP) growth parametrically. The model is a generalization of … the traditional production model where technology is represented by a time trend. TFP growth is decomposed into …, technology and human development determinants of TFP growth. Our results show that unobservable technical changes remain the most …