PANEL DATA ANALYSIS OF SOURCES OF PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN KOREAN MANUFACTURING PLANTS
Open Access
Author:
Song, Backhoon
Graduate Program:
Economics
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Document Type:
Dissertation
Date of Defense:
June 30, 2005
Committee Members:
Bee Yan Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Mark John Roberts, Committee Member James R. Tybout, Committee Member Austin Jay Jaffe, Committee Member
Keywords:
Productivity Growth R&D Export
Abstract:
In this thesis we examine the effects of investment in knowledge and knowledge spillovers on the evolution of firms’ productivity using micro panel data from Census of Manufacturing of Korea between 1991 and 1999. We analyze these knowledge spillovers that may be facilitated by physical proximity as well. The first chapter focuses on a firm’s discrete decision to participate in two activities, exporting and R&D investment, which are believed to impact on its future productivity and survival. The second chapter examines the spillover effect of knowledge accumulation by assessing the impact of geographical proximity among firms on their productivity.
