Analysis on TFP Sources of Growth to Enhance Competitiveness

• Project/Area Number: 17K03745
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Principal Investigator: Kim Sangho 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 国際経営学部, 教授 (20635461)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: factor adjustment / production structure / productivity growth / firm heterogeneity / corporate tax reduction / Japanese manufacturing / dynamic duality / corporate tax / dynamic productivity / dynamic elasticity / Firm heterogeneity / stochastic frontier / technical efficiency / scale efficiency / productivity sources / firm trade / TFP growth / technical change / TE change / TFP / Embodied TP / Technical efficiency / Scale efficiency / Allocative efficiency

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has developed regression models to estimate total factor productivity and dynamic production structure for the Japanese manufacturing industry. The research estimated firm heterogeneity in sources of total factor productivity growth. It utilized a dynamic factor model to estimate dynamic productivity growth, a dynamic production structure and impacts of industrial policy on productivity growth. Empirical results of the research provide various policy suggestions required to boost productivity growth for the Japanese economy. I published six papers in internationally refereed journal and presented working papers at 25 international conferences.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

This research provides information about temporal pattern of productivity growth for the Japanese economy and new perspectives on the productivity growth. The research provides some guideline in implementing industrial policy to boost productivity growth.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Temporal Changes in Factor Adjustment of the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2022)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Journal Title: Cogent Economics and Finance Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-12
  • DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2022.2122191
• [Journal Article] Dynamic factor adjustment and corporate tax reduction in the Japanese manufacturing industry (2020)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim and Jong-Ho Park
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy Volume: NA Issue: 4 Pages: 1-15
  • DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2020.1811190
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Productivity Growth in Dynamic Factor Adjustment for the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2020)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Journal Title: Global Economic Review Volume: forthcoming Issue: 2 Pages: 1-15
  • DOI: 10.1080/1226508x.2020.1744466
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Dynamic factor demand in the Japanese manufacturing industry (2020)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies Volume: forthcoming Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11
  • DOI: 10.1108/jabes-12-2019-0123
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Dynamic production structure of the Korean economy (written in Korean) (2020)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim, H. Kim
  • Journal Title: International Area Studies Review (IASR) Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Pages: 105-124
  • DOI: 10.21212/iasr.24.1.5
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Firm Heterogeneity in Sources of Total Factor Productivity Growth for Japanese Manufacturing Firms (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Journal Title: Applied Economics Volume: 50 Issue: 58 Pages: 6301-6315
  • DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1489515
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Temporal Changes in Factor Adjustment of the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2022)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The 4th Asia Conference on Business and Economic Studies (ACBES 2022)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Temporal changes in factor adjustment of the Japanese manufacturing industry (2021)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The Japan Association of Applied Economics’ (JAAE) Spring Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Temporal changes in dynamic production structure of the Japanese manufacturing industry (2021)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The 91st International Atlantic Economic Conference: Europe
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Temporal changes in factor adjustment of the Japanese manufacturing industry (2021)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The Korea Economic Association’s Allied Economics Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Decomposition of productivity growth and its determinant factors for Japanese manufacturing firms (2021)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The Western Economic Association International’s Virtual International Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Temporal changes in dynamic production structure of the Japanese manufacturing industry (2020)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The 18th Asia Pacific Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Decomposition of productivity growth and its determinant factors for Japanese manufacturing firms (2020)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The Japan Association of Applied Economics (2020 Fall) Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Productivity Growth in Dynamic Factor Adjustment for the Japanese manufacturing Industry (2020)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The JAAE 2020 Spring Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Dynamic factor adjustment and corporate tax reduction for the Japanese manufacturing industry (2019)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: 11th Global Conference, Forum for Economists International
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Productivity growth in dynamic factor adjustment for the Japanese manufacturing industry (2019)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The 2nd Asia Conference on Business and Economic Studies
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Productivity growth in dynamic factor adjustment for the Japanese manufacturing industry (2019)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: Workshop at Department of Ecoonmics, Chonnam National University
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Dynamic Factor Adjustment in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: Korean Association of Applied Economics (KAAE) Annual Meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Dynamic Factor Adjustment in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Education and Social Science (ISESS) Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Dynamic Factor Adjustment and Corporate Tax Reduction for the Japanese (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: Economic Cooperation Forum of CEO in Northeast Asia 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Dynamic Factor Adjustment in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: The Asia Conference on Business and Economic Studies (ACBES)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Dynamic Factor Adjustment and Corporate Tax Reduction for the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: Asia Pacific Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Firm Heterogeneity in Sources of Total Factor Productivity Growth for Japanese Manufacturing Firms (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: Seminar organized by The Department of Economics, Chonnam National University
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Dynamic Factor Adjustment and Corporate Tax Reduction for the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: Seminar organized by The Department of Economics, Wonkwang University
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Dynamic Factor Adjustment and Corporate Tax Reduction for the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: Seminar organized by The Department of Economics, Chonnam National University
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Productivity Growth in Dynamic Factor Adjustment for the Japanese Manufacturing Industry (2018)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: International workshop on “One Belt & One Road”
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Firm Heterogeneity in Sources of Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Japanese (2017)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: Korea and the World Economy XVI
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Firm Heterogeneity in Sources of Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Japanese (2017)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: KEA-APEA 2017 International Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Firm Heterogeneity in Sources of Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Japanese (2017)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Firm Heterogeneity in Sources of Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Japanese (2017)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: 44th International Business Research Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Firm Heterogeneity in Sources of Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Japanese (2017)
  • Author(s): Sangho Kim
  • Organizer: 15th Asia Pacific Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Remarks]
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1489515