Determinants Of Manufacturing Efficiency In Canadian Cities: A Stochastic Frontier Approach
Determinants Of Manufacturing Efficiency In Canadian Cities: A Stochastic Frontier Approach
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加拿大城市制造效率的决定因素：随机前沿方法
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1995
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R. Moomaw
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作者：
Kimberly A. McCoy;R. Moomaw
本研究使用面板数据来估计加拿大城市的随机生产边界。效率指数来自生产前沿。回归分析表明，人口规模和人口密度都会提高城市效率。这些结果与静态集聚经济的存在或较小城市系统地越来越多地未能使用最佳做法技术的情况相一致。无论哪种情况，结果都意味着城市化可能对国民经济增长产生重要的积极影响。
This study uses panel data to estimate stochastic production frontiers for Canadian cities. Efficiency indices are derived from the production frontiers. Regression analysis of the determinants of a city's inefficiency shows that population size and density both increase efficiency. These results are consistent with the existence of static agglomeration economies or of a systematically increasing failure of smaller cities to use best-practice technology. In either case, the results imply that urbanization may have an important positive influence on national economic growth.