Productivity, ownership, and producer concentration in transition: Further evidence from Vietnamese manufacturing

Eric Ramstetter () and Phan Minh Ngoc

Journal of Asian Economics, 2013, vol. 25, issue C, 28-42

Abstract: After controlling for firm-level factor intensities and scale, and industry-level concentration, total factor productivity differentials between MNC (multinational corporation) joint ventures or SOEs (state-owned enterprises) and private firms were usually positive and statistically significant in 2001–2006. Differentials between wholly foreign MNCs and private firms were usually positive and significant in a lagged specification but not in a contemporaneous one. Estimates of productivity spillovers from SOEs and MNCs to private firms and the productivity effects of concentration tended to be insignificant statistically. Substantial variation of estimates among industries and time periods suggests that combining heterogeneous industries or time periods biases productivity estimates.

Keywords: Productivity; Ownership; Multinational corporation; State-owned enterprise; Producer concentration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 F23 K22 L11 L32 L33 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2012.12.001

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