The effect of infrastructures on total factor productivity and its determinants: a study on Mexico

Inmaculada Álvarez, Osvaldo U. Becerril Torres and Laura E. del Moral Barrera
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Osvaldo U. Becerril Torres: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Laura E. del Moral Barrera: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Estudios Económicos, 2011, vol. 26, issue 1, 97-122

Abstract: The objective of this research is to identify the effect which infrastructures have on Total Factor Productivity, TFP, and on its components: technical change and efficiency change, of the Mexican states. The methodologies employed are Data Envelopment Analysis to obtain TFP and their components, and panel data econometrics, particularly through the estimation of a model of fixed effects, to determine the effect of the infrastructures. The results show in the first place that technical efficiency is of greater importance to the composition of TFP. Likewise, the existence of a favorable effect of the infrastructures on TFP and its factors is verified.

Keywords: total factor productivity; infrastructures; regional analysis and productivity and growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 H54 O18 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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