Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9548624 Economic Modelling 2005 41 Pages PDF
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to measure the growth of TFP in 36 sectors and the whole of the economy of Taiwan during 1978-1999 by using detailed sectoral data that are adjusted in order to account for input-output tables and the capital utilization rate. The major findings are as follows. First, for the Taiwan economy as a whole, the TFP growth rate is estimated to be 3.01% per annum during the whole of the 1978-1999 observation period, while it is estimated to be 2.95% after adjusting for the capital utilization rate. Second, the relative contribution of TFP adjusted during 1978-1999 for the capital utilization rate to output growth is found to be as high as 41.0%, which is close to the relative contribution of the capital input (46.2%) and much higher than the relative contribution of the labor input (12.8%). Consequently, the Krugman-Kim-Lau-Young hypothesis, i.e. the 'input-driven growth' hypothesis is found not to apply to Taiwan during 1978-1999. This finding reinforces the conclusions of Liang (1995) and Liang (2002).
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