Agriculture and growth in Argentina

Mundlak, Yair; Cavallo, Domingo; Domenech, Roberto

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“…Picci (1999); Bonaglia and Picci (2000). ix It has been recently observed (Mundlak et al, 1999;Mundlak, 2000) that in cross-country (or cross-region) productivity comparisons one must rely on empirical aggregate production frontiers obtained from unobservable micro frontiers. In this case, when the available technology includes more than one technique, a modification of the environment faced by producers may lead to changes in technique (as well as to changes in the output-input mix for a given technique), and the hypothesis of convexity may not be respected for the observable aggregate production frontiers.…”

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Public capital and total factor productivity: New evidence from the Italian regions, 1970–98

Destefanis¹,

Sena²

2005

Regional Studies

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This paper analyses the relationship between industrial total factor productivity and public capital across the 20 Italian administrative regions. We add upon the existing literature in a number of ways: we analyse a longer period (1970-98); we allow for the role of human capital accumulation; we test for the existence of a long-run relationship between total factor productivity and public capital (through the panel techniques suggested in Im et al., 2001;Pedroni, 1997Pedroni, , 1999 and for weak exogeneity of public capital (Urbain, 1992); we assess the significance of public capital within a non-parametric set-up based on the Free Disposal Hull. The results confirm that public capital has a significant impact on the evolution of total factor productivity, particularly in the Southern regions. This impact is to be mainly ascribed to the core infrastructures (road and airports, harbours, railroads, water and electricity, telecommunications). Also, core infrastructures are found to be weakly exogenous.

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Public capital and total factor productivity: New evidence from the Italian regions, 1970–98

Destefanis¹,

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2005

Regional Studies

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“…This conclusion is further reinforced by the magnitude of the land elasticity in the core technology. The sum of capital and land elasticities is around 0.8 in various formulations, making it clear that agriculture should be more sensitive than nonagriculture to changes in the cost of capital and less to that of labor (Mundlak, Cavallo, and Domenech, 1989). This value of the sum might seem to be a bit high.…”

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Explaining Economic Growth

Mundlak

2001

American J Agri Economics

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“…The choice of overall development strategy has shaped trading relations between domestic economies and the rest of the world, while having a specific bearing on these countries' propensity to trade on regional markets. A significant amount of empirical work has demonstrated close relationships between country-level macroeconomic and trade policies, as well as the effect of those policies on the overall trade and growth performance (Oyejide, 1986;Avillez et al, 1988;Krueger et al, 1988;Mundlak et al, 1989;Stryker, 1990;Dollar, 1992, quoted by Ousmane, 1997). The pursuit of regional integration implies recognition of the importance of international trade in the development process (Ousmane, 1997).…”

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Trade and regional integration: analysis of the effectiveness in the GCC

Naser

2008

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

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2014),"The link between regional integration agreements, trade flows and economic crisis: A static and dynamic gravity model"If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the GCC integration. Design/methodology/approach -Both descriptive and comparative analyses are used. In order to measure the effectiveness, indicators like trends of trade, FDI inflows, joint venture project activities and technology diffusion are considered. Findings -The analyses revealed that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regularly reviews the collective process of all the proposals to be executed. It also conducts an in-depth analysis of all issues concerning the GCC states and their societies. The analyses also showed increasing trends in exports and imports, and high-tech manufacturing after implementing customs union. In the same fashion, the number of joint venture projects, total capital investment and capital investment per project increase dramatically after executing customs union. The analysis further shows that the investment in large-scale joint venture projects increases during the same period. The paper finds a sharp increase in FDI during the period between 2001 and 2004; within this period, the customs union has been implemented. This increased FDI is mainly due to the fact that the GCC attains enlarged domestic market size and stable economic growth after the GCC integration. The GCC integration also contributes to improve the push and pull factors of FDI that have further attracted increased FDI. The paper shows that the GCC countries have adapted and deployed new technology considerably quickly during the period 1999 to 2005 compared with the 1990s. Practical implications -The study noticed improvements in all indicators as well as the push and pull factors that enhance effectiveness of the GCC integration. To attain more effective regional integration, a periodic review of all the issues concerning the GCC states and their societies in light of the advancement taking place in the Arab world and international arenas is vital. Originality/value -The study finds that the effectiveness of the GCC integration is progressive. The integrators that measure effectiveness such as trends of trade, FDI inflows, joint venture project activities and technology diffusion show increasing trends.

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Agriculture and growth in Argentina

Cited by 32 publications

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Public capital and total factor productivity: New evidence from the Italian regions, 1970–98

Public capital and total factor productivity: New evidence from the Italian regions, 1970–98

Explaining Economic Growth

Trade and regional integration: analysis of the effectiveness in the GCC

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