R&D output to capture the contribution of R&D (direct and spilled-over) to regional productivity at the industry level …. The results suggest that interregional knowledge spillovers and their productivity effects are to a substantial degree …) produce interregional knowledge spillovers that have positive and highly significant productivity effects. The study, moreover …

In the last decade there has been an upsurge of studies on international comparisons of Total Factor Productivity (TFP … physical capital) but mainly in productivity and technology. Therefore, a crucial issue is the analysis of the determinants of …

We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor … productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic … variances has been used for the estimation of the translog production functions. Two alternative formulations of technical …

We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor … productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic … variances has been used for the estimation of the translog production functions. Two alternative formulations of technical …

This paper explores the contribution of knowledge capital to total factor productivity differences among regions within … a regression framework. The dependent variable is total factor productivity, defined as output (in terms of gross value … the model, to measure both direct and indirect effects of knowledge capital on regional total factor productivity, and to …

This study examines the spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers of Chinese provinces using a spatial Durbin … decomposition of direct and indirect (spillover) total factor productivity (TFP) growth, as well as the gross direct and indirect … efficiency of the respective provinces. The estimated results show that spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers are …

suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the … home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs …

The relationship between economic structure and productivity growth has been a subject of increasing interest over …. Traditionally, productivity has been introduced as explaining factor of tertiarization processes in advanced economies, while it has … been simultaneously assessed that services display lower productivity levels and growth rates than other economic …

studies conducted so far focus alone on the productivity effects of offshoring at the firm level. Here I carry out the …. On the other hand, positive effects on the growth rate of productivity are found as a result of both types of offshoring … percentage points for services and 0.48 to 0.64 for materials. -- offshoring ; Japan ; employment ; productivity …