Fukao, Kyoji; Inui, Tomohiko; Ito, Keiko; Kim, YoungGak; … - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2011
Focusing on Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, and Chinese firms in the manufacturing sector, this paper examines productivity catch-up at the firm level using the distance from the technology frontier as a direct measure of the potential for catch-up. We also examine the role of absorptive capacity...