2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis on TFP Sources of Growth to Enhance Competitiveness
| Project/Area Number |
17K03745
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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Principal Investigator |
Kim Sangho 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 国際経営学部, 教授 (20635461)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | factor adjustment / production structure / productivity growth / firm heterogeneity / corporate tax reduction / Japanese manufacturing |
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| 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.
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| Free Research Field |
Applied econometrics
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| 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.
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