Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39614 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
ZEI Working Paper No. B 07-1999
Publisher: 
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI), Bonn
Abstract: 
A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined whether departures from the frontierountry{level inefficienciesxhibit long{run relationships and convergence. The method is applied to 1-digit industries of 14 OECD countries from 1970{90. Results suggests that comovements in efficiency are concentrated between the EU{countries. Catch{up is found in all but one sector. Even manufacturing, which previous studies have found not to display convergence, shows signs of catch-up. It is examined whether departures from the frontierountry{level inefficienciesxhibit long{run relationships and convergence. The method is applied to 1-digit industries of 14 OECD countries from 1970{90. Results suggests that comovements in efficiency are concentrated between the EU{countries. Catch{up is found in all but one sector. Even manufacturing, which previous studies have found not to display convergence, shows signs of catch{up.
Subjects: 
cointegration
convergence
economic growth
efficiency
productivity
technological diffusion
unit root
JEL: 
C2
O47
O57
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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