Frontier Technology, Trade, FDI, and TFP in the Electrical and Electronic Industries: Exporting or Processing Trade?*

IF 5.3 3区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Asian Economic Papers Pub Date : 2022-01-10 DOI:10.1162/asep_a_00847

N. A. Khalifah

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Abstract

Abstract Does “openness” determine “catching-up” of establishments to frontier technology and total factor productivity (TFP) in Malaysia's electrical and electronic (E&E) industries? We contribute to this debate by applying a new measurement of processing trade intensity. Utilizing stochastic frontier analysis and Levinsohn and Pertrin (LP) TFP, we investigate determinants of technical efficiency (TE) and TFP. The results show that processing trade intensity and not export intensity determines TE and TFP for the overall sample and subsample of foreign establishments. In the processing trade subsample, export intensity is negatively related to TE and unrelated to TFP, obtaining an unconventional result that exporters are inefficient and not associated with TFP. The results show that higher foreign ownership shares of establishments are negatively associated with LP TFP.

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前沿技术、贸易、FDI与全要素生产率:出口贸易还是加工贸易?*

摘要“开放”是否决定了马来西亚电气电子行业企业对前沿技术和全要素生产率的“追赶”？我们采用了一种新的加工贸易强度衡量方法，为这场辩论作出了贡献。利用随机前沿分析和Levinsohn和Pertrin（LP）TFP，我们研究了技术效率（TE）和TFP的决定因素。结果表明，加工贸易强度而非出口强度决定了外国企业总体样本和子样本的TE和TFP。在加工贸易子样本中，出口强度与TE呈负相关，与TFP无关，获得了出口商效率低下且与TFP无关联的非常规结果。研究结果表明，企业的外资持股比例越高，与LP TFP呈负相关。

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Asian Economic Papers ECONOMICS-

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7.50

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期刊介绍： The journal Asian Economic Papers (AEP) is supported by several prominent institutions, including the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University in the United States. This shows that there is a strong emphasis on sustainable development within the journal's scope. Additionally, the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy in South Korea, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) in Malaysia, and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia in Indonesia also sponsor AEP. The articles published in AEP focus on conducting thorough and rigorous analyses of significant economic issues pertaining to specific Asian economies or the broader Asian region. The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of these issues and provide innovative solutions. By offering creative solutions to economic challenges, AEP contributes to the discourse and policymaking that impact the Asian economies and region as a whole.

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