The Effects of Export, Technical change and Markup on Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Singapore's Electronics Industry

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The Effects of Export, Technical change and Markup on Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Singapore's Electronics Industry

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Harry Bloch () (School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University of Technology)
Sam Hak-Kan Tang () (Department of Economics, The University of Western Australia)

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This paper illustrates a new technique to measure the effect of export demand on the conventional TFP growth index at the industry level. We apply the technique to Singapore’s electronics industry and find that rapid growth in exports accounts for most of the TFP growth in this industry.

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Paper provided by The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics in its series Economics Discussion / Working Papers with number 05-29.

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- Bloch, Harry & Tang, Sam Hak Kan, 2007. "The effects of exports, technical change and markup on total factor productivity growth: Evidence from Singapore's electronics industry," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 96(1), pages 58-63, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity
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