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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"total factor productivity"”.
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Total factor productivity in Indonesian manufacturing, 1975-1993
… study uses quantitative techniques to estimate total factor productivity (TFP) growth for three-digit non-oil manufacturing industries in Indonesia over the period 1975 to 1993. The thesis begins with a review of growth and structural change in Indonesian manufacturing. Next, a literature review …
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Total factor productivity in Indonesian manufacturing, 1975-1993
… study uses quantitative techniques to estimate total factor productivity (TFP) growth for three-digit non-oil manufacturing industries in Indonesia over the period 1975 to 1993. The thesis begins with a review of growth and structural change in Indonesian manufacturing. Next, a literature review …
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The aggregate analysis of logistics cost and total factor productivity
… surveys the relationship of logistics cost and total factor productivity (TFP). The paper discusses the theoretical aspect of TFP growth estimation and the concept of logistics cost as percentage of GDP as the factor indicating efficiency in logistics operations. Calculation of TFP from …
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A system dynamics model for total-factor productivity measurement of the manufacturing system: its implications for JIT
… The model was designed and built to measure total-factor productivity (TFP) which represents a global performance measure of the manufacturing system. TFP captures the integrated, synergistic effect of the system variables and functions on global system performance. A major part of the …
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A multiple case study research to determine and respond to management information needs using Total-Factor Productivity Measurement
… There are basically two models of TFPM - the Productivity Indices (PI) Model and the Profitability = Productivity + Price Recovery (PPPR) Model. I proved that as implemented with discrete variables, Gollop's Model is equivalent to the PPPR Model. Various versions of these two models feature …
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Total factor productivity of tropical soybean-maize systems: the case of the safrinha crop system in Mato Grosso, Brazil
Improving agricultural productivity has been an important area of research to assure that the needs of a growing population do not outstrip the ability for producers to supply food. This growth in demand will mostly come from developing countries. The tension between producing more food and …
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The effect of drought and rising temperatures on total factor productivity in pasture-based dairy farming in the Eastern Cape
… climate change will occur. The study is of the total factor productivity of pasture-based dairy production systems in the Eastern Cape. An unbalanced panel dataset of 206 observations collected from 62 farms over nine years was used to fit a stochastic frontier production function with technical …
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Impact of the Investments in Information and Communication Technologies on Total Factor Productivity in the Context of the Economies in Transition
… and one of the determinants of economic growth, total factor productivity (TFP). Neoclassical growth accounting and the theory of complementarity provide the theoretical framework on which we build this research. By combining the data obtained from two sources, the World Bank Database and the IT …
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Essays in Macroeconomics and Productivity
… technology - affects the growth rate of total factor productivity.
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Three case studies on the impact of inequality on agricultural efficiency, productivity, and the adoption and intensity of use of climate-smart practices
… agricultural production: technical inefficiency, total factor productivity, and the adoption and intensity of use of climate-smart agricultural practices. In the first chapter, we employ a sample of fifteen Latin American rural sectors over a period of seventeen years (2005-2021), and implement a …
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International trade, economic performance and the political economy of protection: Some aspects of the Brazilian experience
… from the 60's to the 90's. Estimates of total factor productivity growth, incorporating human capital, seemed positively associated with trade variables."
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The Economic Consequences of Population Growth in Malawi
… development. The impacts of investment and total factor productivity on output are also assessed. The results show that increases in population are associated with decreases in GDP per capita in the short run. However, no statistically significant relationship between population and GDP per …
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Modeling and measuring technical change and productivity growth
… an alternative to the index number approach to total factor productivity (TFP) growth, incorporating recent theoretical developments in dynamic cost functions that shed light on the effects and role of quasi-fixed factors in the short-run of manufacturing.
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Productivity of the Regional Bell Operating Companies Under Rate-of-Return and Price-Cap Regulation
… of this incentive, this study examined productivity of the regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) under both rate-of-return regulation and price-cap regulation. A total factor productivity model was developed and productivity gains were calculated under both regulatory regimes. The …
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The relationship between environmental regulations and Korean economy (TFP, outward FDI, trade)
… of Korean domestic environmental restrictions on Total Factor Productivity in terms of industry and firm; second is the influences of relative difference of environmental stringency between Korea and counterpart (importer or host countries) on Korean outward FDI and Korean exports to the nations, …
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Essays in Corporate Saving, Financial Development, and *Growth
"The third and last chapter is entitled ""Productivity and Saving Channels of Economic Growth as Latent Variables: An Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis"". It is well-known that the rate of economic growth per capita can be decomposed into two sources: total factor productivity and capital …
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An updated TFP series for South African Agriculture with improvements to official data on land, labour, and machinery measurements
… substantial concerns about food security and productivity. This comprehensive study analyses these trends and their implications to offer insights for policy formulation to address these challenges. The analysis uses historical data from 1947 to 2020 to examine output, inputs, productivity …
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Essays on information technology, intangible capital, and the economics of artificial intelligence
… especially on AI skills. The second essay, "The Productivity J-Curve: How Intangibles Complement General Purpose Technologies" (coauthored with Erik Brynjolfsson and Chad Syverson) addresses the concern that new technologies with wide applicability throughout the economy can cause both …
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Essays on productivity growth in agriculture
… to explore the current trends in agricultural productivity and analyse its impact on the global farm and food system. Chapter 2 in this dissertation looks at the current trends in agricultural productivity in India—one most of the populous country in the world. In this chapter, productivity …
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The structural preconditions for maximizing FDI spillovers in Colombia : a sectoral impact analysis of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Industry output, labor payments, firm productivity, and the productive structure (1995-2009)
… complementary to domestic firm profitability, productivity, and employment? Empirical literature has identified diverse channels through which FDI facilitates aggregate spillovers to the host economy-including total factor productivity (TFP) transfers, employment generation, as well as backward …
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