Another look at technical efficiency in American states, 1979–2000

Gregory Brock () and Constantin Ogloblin ()

The Annals of Regional Science, 2014, vol. 53, issue 2, 577-590

Abstract: A recently developed stochastic frontier production function methodology is used to estimate econometrically how technical efficiency, technological progress, and returns to scale contributed to US states’ economic growth in 1979–2000. Improved regional human capital data that are superior to the traditional “years of school” data are included. In support of the prior literature, overall technical inefficiency is found to be low but unlike earlier studies diverging over time with almost no shifting of the aggregate frontier. Efficiency is positively associated with relative historical wealth, human capital, relatively worse recession experience, greater market concentration, and a smaller informal economy. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: R1; O4; O0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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