Location Proximity and Productivity Spillovers: The Case of Korean Manufacturing Plants

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Backhoon Song
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Spillovers ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Manufacturing Plants ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
New Ideas

Knowledge spillovers have been recognized as an important source of innovation and economic growth in both industry and firm-level data. A firm may reap benefits by locating near other firms in the same geographical region. In this paper, we examine how physical proximity influences a firm's future productivity and its survival possibility. Our results indicate that a firm located in a region with a higher median total factor productivity (TFP) gains higher productivity from other firms in the same region. One possible explanation is that such a firm has more opportunity to access superior external knowledge and to produce more new ideas. Our results also indicate these productivity-enhancing characteristics do not seem to be industry-specific. Finally, we find that high productivity firms are the only significant sources of knowledge spillovers, suggesting that firms benefit most from combining their internal knowledge with the external knowledge of neighboring firms with high TFP on average.

Reduction in Carbon Emissions Intensity and Impact on Export Competitiveness: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishwanath Goldar ◽  
Yashobanta Parida ◽  
Deepika Sehdev
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Manufacturing Plants ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Export Competitiveness ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Major Loss ◽  
Emissions Intensity ◽  
Capital Intensive

India’s organized manufacturing sector experienced a 11% fall in its carbon di oxide (CO2) emissions intensity during 2009–2012, while a majority of the manufacturing plants achieved over a 30% fall during the corresponding period. How did such a reduction in CO2 emissions intensity affect the export competitiveness of Indian manufacturing firms? Using firm-level data for 2009–2013, this paper attempts to empirically answer that question. It is found that large firms and capital intensive firms have achieved a relatively faster decline in CO2 emissions intensity and that containment of CO2 emissions in manufacturing firms did not cause any major loss in their export competitiveness. Rather, it is found to be positively associated with increases in exports.

scholarly journals Economic Policy Uncertainty, Outward Foreign Direct Investments, and Green Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from Firm-Level Data in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2339
Author(s):  
Yuegang Song ◽  
Feng Hao ◽  
Xiazhen Hao ◽  
Giray Gozgor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Western China ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Chinese Firm ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

This paper uses Chinese firm-level data to investigate the effect of China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on green total factor productivity (GTFP) under economic policy uncertainties (EPU). We found a significant positive impact of OFDI on GTFP. Moreover, an increase in EPU was shown to decrease GTFP. We also found that OFDI positively contributes to GTFP for private firms and foreign-invested firms in China. Technology-seeking OFDI contributes greater to GTFP than resource-seeking OFDI and market-seeking OFDI. These results remain robust when considering OFDI from firms in Central and East China as well as Western China. The findings are also robust with green labor productivity (GLP) substituting for GTFP using different econometric techniques. We also discuss potential implications in enhancing green innovation performance and sustainable industrial development in China.

What Determines Small Champions’ Export Performance? Evidence from Korea Firm-Level Data

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-155
Author(s):  
Young Gui Kim ◽  
Jeongmeen Suh
Keyword(s):  
Export Performance ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Export Intensity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Entry Decision ◽  
Korean Firm

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often have different export behavior than bigger firms, in spite of their high productivity. To understand the behavior of these small champions, we develop a theoretical framework that analyzes the factors that affect firm export performance, from the decision to start exporting (the extensive export margin) and how much they will export (the intensive export margin). When we use Korean firm-level data to test our model, we find that productivity plays an important role in the firm export entry decision, and fixed export costs are important determinants of fractions of export intensity. We use our empirical results to explore the policy implications of policy interventions focused on SME export.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document