This study estimated the Malmquist Total Factor Productivity Index and its components. It attempted to examine patterns of change in these indices in periods leading up to and immediately following, the macroeconomic crisis in Pakistan in the year 2008. Bootstrapping procedure proposed by Simar and Wilsonwas employed to construct confidence intervals for efficiency estimates. For many banks, to...

The improvement of industrial green TFP is crucial for the sustainability economy and environment. And eco-innovation directly improves TFP. However, there are few studies on relation between Based relevant data from 2006-2015 30 provinces in China, using SBM model this study firstly evaluates each province by measuring desirable output undesirable output. Then measured patent application quant...

by Zhao Cheng Total factor productivity has been regraded as stratagem index for a sustainable development in a country(or area) and as the criterion for a quantitative evaluation of the quality of economic performance. China's economy has continued a stable and rapid growth when the benchmark of the growth mainly refers to the GDP growth per year. It is necessary to measure the TFP behind the ...

Title of Document: MANUFACTURING SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY IN INDIA: ALL INDIA TRENDS, REGIONAL PATTERNS, AND NETWORK EXTERNALITIES FROM INFRASTRUCTURE ON REGIONAL GROWTH Adil Mohommad Doctor of Philosophy 2010 Directed By: Professor Charles R. Hulten, Department of Economics In this dissertation I examine sources of growth in the formal manufacturing sector in India, from 1970 to 2003. I consider bo...

The aim of this research is to investigate China’s urban green total factor productivity (TFP) under the background of progressing urbanization and intensifying environmental pollution, and found out its main influencing factors. In this paper, green TFP of 285 prefecture-level cities in China from 2005 to 2012 was estimated through Malmquist productivity index. Results showed that the annual g...

the main challenge of developing countries, is achieving growth and development. review of economic growth literature shows that the quality of institutions and social infrastructure are important factors that influence the economic growth and development. also many analysts believe that between institutional factors, the rule of law is one of the most elements for appropriate system for invest...

Random fluctuations in temperature and precipitation have substantial impacts on agricultural output. However, the contribution of these changing configurations in weather to total factor productivity (TFP) growth has not been addressed explicitly in econometric analyses. Thus, the key objective of this study is to quantify and to investigate the role of changing weather patterns in explaining ...

A startling fact of firm level productivity analysis is the large and persistent differences in both labour productivity and total factor productivity (TFP) between firms in narrowly defined sectoral classes. The competitiveness of an industry is potentially an important factor explaining this productivity dispersion. The degree of competition has also implications for the measurement of TFP at...