The Role of the Government in Facilitating TFP Growth during Japan's Rapid Growth Era

Shuhei Aoki, Julen Esteban-Pretel, Tetsuji Okazaki and Yasuyuki Sawada
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Tetsuji Okazaki: Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

No CIRJE-F-622, CIRJE F-Series from CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

Abstract: Japan experienced high growth of TFP following World War II. This paper studies the sources of this technological growth and documents the role played by different government policies in achieving such growth. We find that in nonagricultural sectors, TFP growth occurred at first through the import of foreign technologies via licensing, and subsequently through the innovation of its own technologies. In agriculture, TFP grew mostly through the development of its own technologies. The Japanese government played a part in the growth of TFP by directing the adoption of foreign technologies, promoting coordination of R&D activities, and setting up channels for the domestic diffusion of available technologies.

Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2009-06
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