TECHNOLOGICAL CATCH-UP AND GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY
TECHNOLOGICAL CATCH-UP AND GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00630.x
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Simpson, Helen
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作者：
Griffith, Rachel;Redding, Stephen;Simpson, Helen
本文探讨了生产率追赶作为企业生产率增长的一个来源。我们提出的证据表明，在其他条件相同的情况下，进一步落后于行业前沿的企业生产率增长速度更快。与前沿公司的地理接近使得追赶更快。我们的计量经济学规范意味着生产力水平之间存在长期关系，其中非前沿企业落后于前沿一定的稳态距离，使得它们的生产力增长率（包括追赶）等于前沿的生产力增长。我们使用我们的计量经济学估计来量化追赶国家和地区生产率前沿对生产率增长的隐含贡献。
This paper examines productivity catch-up as a source of establishment productivity growth. We present evidence that, other things equal, establishments further behind the industry frontier experience faster rates of productivity growth. Geographic proximity to frontier firms makes catch-up faster. Our econometric specification implies a long-run relationship between productivity levels, where nonfrontier establishments lie a steady-state distance behind the frontier such that their rate of productivity growth including catch-up equals productivity growth at the frontier. We use our econometric estimates to quantify the implied contribution to productivity growth of catch-up to both the national and regional productivity frontiers.