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Comparative Analysis of Firm Dynamics by Size: Korean Manufacturing
Oh, Inha; Heshmati, Almas; Baek, Chulwoo; Lee, Jeong-Dong - Ratioinstitutet - 2006
productivity (TFP) of the South Korean manufacturing industry is calculated, at the firm level, and comparative analysis is … performed by size classes. The sources of the TFP growth are decomposed into various effects related to entry, exit, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419156
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The Icelandic Economy: A Victim of the Financial Crisis or Simply Inefficient?
Oh, Dong-hyun; Loof, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program … - 2009
too small to be considered technically efficient, while services firms typically use excessive resources in their … production process. A remarkably weak performance in transforming R&D and labor efforts into successful innovations is observed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008477105
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The Icelandic Economy: a victim of the financial crisis or simply inefficient?
Oh, Dong-Hyun; Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
too small to be considered technically efficient, while services firms typically use excessive resources in their … production process. A remarkably weak performance in transforming R&D and labor efforts into successful innovations is observed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008546341
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Productivity Growth, Efficiency and Outsourcing in Manufacturing and Service Industries
Heshmati, Almas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000
, efficiency and productivity growth in manufacturing and services. The objective is to provide a thorough and up-to-date survey … relationship between outsourcing and productivity growth in manufacturing and services is discussed. The correspondence between a … findings and implications are presented. Fourth, measurement of inputs and outputs in manufacturing and services are discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649271
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A General Model of Technical Change with an Application to the OECD Countries
Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323543
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A general model of technical change with an application to the OECD countries
Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - 2011
In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280731
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A general model of technical change with an application to the OECD countries
Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal - 2011
In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009425734
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A General Model of Technical Change with an Application to the OECD Countries
Heshmati, Almas - 2011
In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119734
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Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships
Heshmati, Almas - 2004
This paper examines the causal relationship between inequality and a number of macroeconomic variables frequently found in the inequality and growth literature. These include growth, openness, wages, and liberalisation. We review the existing cross-country empirical evidence on the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262079
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Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper examines the causal relationship between inequality and a number of macroeconomic variables frequently found in the inequality and growth literature. These include growth, openness, wages, and liberalisation. We review the existing cross-country empirical evidence on the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761854