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Technical efficiency and convergence in the regional productive sectors

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  • Delgado Rodríguez, M. Jesús

    (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

  • Álvarez Ayuso, Inmaculada

    (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

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The aim of this article is to analyse the evolution and degree of convergence in the technical efficiency of the regional productive sectors. We use the frontier approach of the Malmquist Index computed through the nonparametric programming method to compare the contribution of efficiency gains to productivity growth. Next we consider the existence of a technological catch-up effect and determine if infrastructure is a conditioning factor of this process. The results show differences in the behaviour of technical change and efficiency change amongst the productive sectors. We also confirm the existence of a catch-up effect, in that, the less efficient sectors have benefited from technological diffusion with this process occurring rapidly in the period studied.

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  • Delgado Rodríguez, M. Jesús & Álvarez Ayuso, Inmaculada, 2003. "Technical efficiency and convergence in the regional productive sectors," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 3, pages 115-126.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:invreg:0207
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    Keywords

    Technical efficiency; conditioned convergence; Malmquist productivity index; infrastructure;
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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures

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