Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to measure the effects of TPP on Korean economy focussing on the changes in the number of firms and productivity.
Design/methodology/approach
– Following Melitz (2003) and Balistreri et al. (2011), the authors apply CGE simulation to five groups of 140 countries.
Findings
– The authors find that welfare increases in Korea to join the TPP regardless the size of the TPP through productivity improvement of participating firms and increases in the number of exporting firms, factor prices and outputs.
Practical implications
– This study helps tentative member countries of TPP decide to join.
Originality/value
– The effects of TPP to Korean economy is measured with Melitz model, which has not yet attempted before.
The aim of this study is to reveal the effects of government and public electronic procurement on the private sector's productivity and technical inefficiency. Three cases are analyzed. The first scenario is that the government just appears as a new consumer to enterprises. Simply participating as a new consumer to enterprises reveals that government does not contribute to the private sector's productivity or improve technical efficiency.The second case is one where the government publicly procures the private sector's service or goods using IT technologies. It is revealed that government contribute to improve the private sector's productivity and reduce inefficiency.The last case is where the government demands business to connect to governments using new IT technologies. The government demands to adopt the IT technology for connection results in improved productivity and efficiencies in the private sectors.
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