Dynamic efficiency with learning by doing

This article focuses on the measurement of economic efficiency of firms in an industry in a dynamic framework, where R&D investments and learning experience play critical roles. Dynamic aspects of cost and production efficiency and the impact of capital through learning by doing are developed he...

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Published in:International review of applied economics 2004-07, Vol.18 (3), p.381-395
Main Author: Sengupta, Jati K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied economics
Capital
Computer industry
Computerindustrie
Dynamic efficiency
Economic theory
Economics
Economies of scale
Efficiency
Effizienz
Enterprises
Learning
learning effects
Lernen
Productivity
Research and development
scale economies
Schätzung
Studies
U.S.A
USA
Wirtschaft
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Summary:This article focuses on the measurement of economic efficiency of firms in an industry in a dynamic framework, where R&D investments and learning experience play critical roles. Dynamic aspects of cost and production efficiency and the impact of capital through learning by doing are developed here in semiparametric forms. The production and cost frontiers estimated here for the US computer industry over the period 1987-98 are robust in the sense that no specific functional form need be assumed. The empirical estimates measure the pattern of level and growth efficiency in the computer industry, which has undergone rapid changes in recent years.
ISSN:0269-2171
1465-3486
DOI:10.1080/0269217042000227079