Analyzing the role of market share reallocation and average productivity improvements in aggregate productivity growth: Evidence from Indian manufacturing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronny Thomas ◽  
Krishnan Narayanan
2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Hanoteau ◽  
Virginie Vial

The Asian paradox suggests a net grease-the-wheel effect of corruption. Under the assump-tion of diminishing returns to bribes, going beyond the single-representative-firm assumption,we argue that the grease and sand-the-wheel effects are likely to co-exist among a large numberof firms, and that the industrial effect of corruption depends on the productivity drivers that fuelfirm’s dynamics. We decompose Indonesian manufacturing labor productivity growth whilecontrasting and comparing the contributions of no-, low- and high-bribing firms over the period1975-94. We confirm the coexistence of grease and sand-the-wheel effects. Industrial produc-tivity gains stem first from the net entry of non-corrupted firms, evidencing a sand-the-wheeleffect. Market share reallocation from low to high productivity growth incumbents paying lowbribes is the second source of productivity growth, pointing at a grease-the-wheel effect. Intra-plant productivity growth is overall negative and largely attributable to high-corruption plants,suggesting a sand-the-wheel effect.Keywords: corruption, bribery, productivity


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Hanoteau ◽  
Virginie Vial

The Asian paradox suggests a net grease-the-wheel effect of corruption. Under the assump-tion of diminishing returns to bribes, going beyond the single-representative-firm assumption,we argue that the grease and sand-the-wheel effects are likely to co-exist among a large numberof firms, and that the industrial effect of corruption depends on the productivity drivers that fuelfirm’s dynamics. We decompose Indonesian manufacturing labor productivity growth whilecontrasting and comparing the contributions of no-, low- and high-bribing firms over the period1975-94. We confirm the coexistence of grease and sand-the-wheel effects. Industrial produc-tivity gains stem first from the net entry of non-corrupted firms, evidencing a sand-the-wheeleffect. Market share reallocation from low to high productivity growth incumbents paying lowbribes is the second source of productivity growth, pointing at a grease-the-wheel effect. Intra-plant productivity growth is overall negative and largely attributable to high-corruption plants,suggesting a sand-the-wheel effect.Keywords: corruption, bribery, productivity


2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 1106-1143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Gavazza

This paper investigates how trading frictions vary with the thickness of the asset market by examining patterns of asset allocations and prices in commercial aircraft markets. The empirical analysis indicates that assets with a thinner market are less liquid—i.e., more difficult to sell. Thus, firms hold on longer to them amid profitability shocks. Hence, when markets for assets are thin, firms' average productivity and capacity utilization are lower, and the dispersions of productivity and of capacity utilization are higher. In turn, prices of assets with a thin market are lower and have a higher dispersion. (JEL A12, L11, L93)


2020 ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
S. V. Savina

Today, a difficult situation has developed in the field of wages and incomes of the population, associated with the need to increase the level of wages and real incomes of the population, since low effective demand in the domestic market can become the main constraint on economic growth in the near future. The main goal of wage reform in modern conditions is to restore the role of wages as the main incentive for productivity growth and labor efficiency, which will have a positive impact on the functioning of production and will give an impetus to its further development.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaomin Li ◽  
Seung Ho Park ◽  
David Duden Selover

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop the theoretical linkage between culture and economic growth and empirically test the relationship by measuring culture and how it affects labor productivity. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a cross-section study of developing countries and regresses economic productivity growth on a set of control variables and cultural factors. Findings It is found that three cultural factors, economic attitudes, political attitudes, and attitudes towards the family, affect economic productivity growth. Originality/value Many economists ignore culture as a factor in economic growth, either because they discount the value of culture or because they have no simple way to quantify culture, resulting in the role of culture being under-researched. The study is the first to extensively examine the role of culture in productivity growth using large-scale data sources. The authors show that culture plays an important role in productivity gains across countries, contributing to the study of the effects of culture on economic development, and that culture can be empirically measured and linked to an activity that directly affects the economic growth – labor productivity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Fang Zheng ◽  
Youngho Chang

This study emphasizes a role of human capital in the measurement of productivity growth and highlights the importance of sample selections in analyzing productivity change of ASEAN countries, especially from 2000 to 2010. The productivity growth in ASEAN countries appears to deteriorate, mainly due to efficiency losses in the first half of the decade and the lack of technological improvement in the second half of the decade.


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