The effect of technology choice on automobile assembly plant productivity
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Van Biesebroeck, Johannes. 'The effect of technology choice on automobile assembly plant productivity'. - Economic & Social Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 65-73, Dublin: Economic & Social Research InstituteDownload Item:
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Productivity growth is usually represented by a continuous shift of the production or cost function. In the automobile industry, there is evidence of a more discrete change in the technology. I estimate a structural model of production and technology choice, using a panel of US automobile assembly plants from 1963 to 1996. New decomposition results suggest that plant-level changes, as opposed to compositional effects, are the most important determinant of aggregate productivity growth.
Author: Van Biesebroeck, Johannes
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Technology, Automobile industry, Productivity, Assembly plantsISSN:
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