Chun, H.; Nadiri, M.I. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 2002
In this paper, we examine the sources of the productivity growth in the U.S. computer industry from 1978 to 1999. We … and product innovations. Based on the estimation results, we decompose total factor productivity (TFP) growth rate into … associated with better quality accounts for about 30 percent of the TFP growth in the computer industry. Furthermore, we find …