Measuring the Impact of the Investment Climate on Total Factor Productivity : The Cases of China and Brazil

Measuring the Impact of the Investment Climate on Total Factor Productivity : The Cases of China and Brazil

This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on total factor productivity (TFP) of firms in Brazil and China. The analysis is conducted in two steps: first an econometric production function is estimated to produce a measure of TFP at the firm level. In the second step, variation in...

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Main Authors: Subramanian, Uma, Anderson, William P., Lee, Kihoon
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACTUAL GROWTH
BILATERAL TRADE
BOOK VALUE
CAPITAL STOCK
CITIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF NATIONS
COMPETITIVE MARKETS
COMPONENTS
COMPUTER LITERACY
CONSUMER GOODS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
E-COMMERCE
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONICS
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
EXPORTS
GROWTH ACCOUNTING
GROWTH RATE
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
LABOR FORCE
LATIN AMERICAN
LEARNING
LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY
MARKET SHARE
MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
NEW TECHNOLOGY
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
REAL INTEREST RATE
SOUTH ASIAN
TFP
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE POLICY
VALUE ADDED
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6464481/measuring-impact-investment-climate-total-factor-productivity-cases-china-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8548

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6464481/measuring-impact-investment-climate-total-factor-productivity-cases-china-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8548

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