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| Galonopulos, K.; Surry, Yves R.; Mattas, Konstadinos. |
| This paper measures agricultural productivity growth by means of the sequential Malmquist Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index among a set of thirty-two countries including West European, Central and East European (CEE) and Middle East and North African (MENA) countries for the period 1961-2002. At a second stage it is also investigated whether this measure is converging among the countries, by employing cross-sectional tests for absolute and conditional β-convergence as well as for club convergence. Results suggest that despite the fact that the CEE and MENA countries exhibit a high rate of productivity growth after the 1990s, absolute convergence cannot be accepted. Still, evidence for conditional convergence is found and the formation of two separate... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Productivity growth; Sequential Malmquist TFP; Convergence.; Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43954 |
