Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Konstantins Benkovskis
Author-X-Name-First: Konstantins
Author-X-Name-Last: Benkovskis
Author-Workplace-Name: Bank of Latvia
Author-Name: Ludmila Fadejeva
Author-X-Name-First: Ludmila
Author-X-Name-Last: Fadejeva
Author-Workplace-Name: Bank of Latvia
Author-Name: Robert Stehrer
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Stehrer
Author-Name: Julia Woerz
Author-X-Name-First: Julia
Author-X-Name-Last: Woerz
Title: How Important is Total Factor Productivity for Growth in Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Countries?
Abstract: The evolution of total factor productivity (TFP) is a key determinant of long-run economic growth of a country. In this paper we analyse the contributions from technological change at the industry level to an economy's aggregate growth performance. Our derivation of total TFP growth entails three major improvements over the traditional Solow residual approach. First, we allow for non-constant returns to scale as well as changes in the utilisation of input factors in our estimation of industry TFP growth. Second, we use a novel approach to aggregate TFP from industry level to macro level, which incorporates both direct and indirect effects through intermediate linkages within an economy. Third, we take account of open economy characteristics by assigning an explicit role to terms-of-trade shocks. Our calculations for the sample of 10 Eastern European EU Member States over the time period from 1995 to 2009 are based on the newly available World Input-Output Database (WIOD).
Creation-Date: 2012-12-20
File-URL: https://www.bank.lv/images/stories/pielikumi/publikacijas/petijumi/WP_5_2012.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-URL: https://www.macroeconomics.lv/sites/default/files/wp_5_2012_0.pdf
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Number: 2012/05
Classification-JEL: C23, D24, E23, O47
Keywords: total factor productivity, terms of trade, utilisation, input-output table, Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Handle: RePEc:ltv:wpaper:201205