The Effects of Export, Technical change and Markup on Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Singapore's Electronics Industry

This paper illustrates a new technique to measure the effect of export demand on the conventional TFP growth index at the industry level. We apply the technique to Singapore’s electronics industry and find that rapid growth in exports accounts for most of the TFP growth in this industry.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Bloch, Harry ; Tang, Sam Hak-Kan
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Business School
Subject:	TFP growth \| exports \| Singapore's electronics industry

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Economics Discussion / Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 05-29 10 pages
Classification:	D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; L68 - Appliances; Other Consumer Durables
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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