Productivity Changes and Intangible Assets: Evidencesfrom French Plants

Corinne Autant-Bernard, Jean-Pascal Guironnet and Nadine Massard

No 1005, Working Papers from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of inter-firm and intra-firm spillovers on the productivity of firms, using French data. The Luenberger Productivity Indicator (LPI) is used to estimate the productivity and to break it down into several components (e.g. efficiency, biased technical progress, scale effects, etc.). Using this approach, negative productivity changes are found due to the unfavourable economic situation over 2000-2002. Intangible assets underlying productivity change are then investigated through a Maximum Likelihood Random Effect (MLRE) model. Spillover effects – influencing Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and its correspondent components, technological and efficiency changes – are found.

Keywords: Productivity Change; Luenberger Indicator; Knowledge Externalities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C31 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2010
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