The effect of infrastructures on total factor productivity and its determinants: a study on Mexico

The objective of this research is to identify the effect which infrastructures have on Total Factor Productivity, TFP, and on its components: technical change and efficiency change, of the Mexican states. The methodologies employed are Data Envelopment Analysis to obtain TFP and their components, and panel data econometrics, particularly through the estimation of a model of fixed effects, to determine the effect of the infrastructures. The results show in the first place that technical efficiency is of greater importance to the composition of TFP. Likewise, the existence of a favorable effect of the infrastructures on TFP and its factors is verified.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Ayuso, Inmaculada C. Alvarez ; Torres, Osvaldo U. Becerril ; Barrera, Laura E. del Moral
Published in:	Estudios Económicos. - Centro de Estudios Económicos. - Vol. 26.2011, 1, p. 97-122
Publisher:	Centro de Estudios Económicos
Subject:	total factor productivity \| infrastructures \| regional analysis and productivity and growth

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; H54 - Infrastructures; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock ; O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses ; O47 - Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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