The Effects of Export, Technical change and Markup on Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Singapore's Electronics Industry

Harry Bloch and Sam Tang ()
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Sam Tang: Department of Economics, The University of Western Australia

No 05-29, Economics Discussion / Working Papers from The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper illustrates a new technique to measure the effect of export demand on the conventional TFP growth index at the industry level. We apply the technique to Singapore’s electronics industry and find that rapid growth in exports accounts for most of the TFP growth in this industry.

Keywords: TFP growth; exports; Singapore's electronics industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 L68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2005
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