Measuring productivity growth in Asia: do market imperfections matter?

John Fernald (john.fernald@insead.edu) and Brent Neiman

No WP-03-15, Working Paper Series from Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Abstract: Recent research reports contradictory estimates of productivity growth for the newly industrialized economies (NIEs) of Asia. In particular, estimates using real factor prices find relatively rapid TFP growth; estimates using quantities of inputs and output find relatively low TFP growth. The difference is particularly notable for Singapore, where the difference is about 2-1/4 percentage-points per year. We show that about 2/3 of that difference reflects differences in estimated capital payments. We argue that these differences reflect economically interesting imperfections in output and capital markets, including sizeable economic profits in Singapore and government-directed credit. We derive a measure of technology growth, corrected for the imperfections that we quantify.

Keywords: Asia; Economic conditions; Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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