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| Title: | | A sequential Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index  |
| Authors: | | Oh, Donghyun Heshmati, Almas |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA discussion papers 4199 |
| Abstract: | | This study proposes an alternative methodology for measuring environmentally sensitive productivity growth. The rationale of this methodology is to consider the features of technology appropriately by excluding a spurious technical regress based on the macroeconomic perspective. In order to consider this condition and to develop an alternative index, a directional distance function and the concept of the successive sequential production possibility set are combined. With this combination, the conventional Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index is modified to give the alternative sequential environmentally sensitive productivity index. This proposed index is employed in measuring productivity growth and its decomposed components of OECD countries for the period 1970-2003. We distinguish two main empirical findings. First, even though the components of the conventional Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index and the proposed index are different, the developments of productivity are similar. Second, unlike in previous studies, the efficiency change is the main contributor to the earlier study period, whereas the effect of technical change has prevailed over time. |
| Subjects: | | Efficiency change environmentally sensitive productivity growth index directional distance function Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index productivity sequential production possibility set technical change |
| JEL: | | D24 D61 D57 C43 Q56 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090615143 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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