Microeconomic Aspects of Productivity Growth under Import Substitution: Turkey
Working Paper 0532
DOI 10.3386/w0532
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This paper assesses the empirical relevance of "dynamic" factors in industrialization in developing countries. Using data from a sample of 91 firms, rates of growth of output per unit of input are calculated. It is shown that there is little basis, at least with regard to Turkish experience, to the notion that non-traditional industries are in some sense more "dynamic" than traditional industries.
Published Versions
published as "An Empirical Test of the Infant Industry Argument," American Economic Review, Vol. 72, No. 5, December 1982, pp. 1142-1152.
Published as "Growth of factor productivity in Turkish manufacturing industries," Journal of Development Economics. Volume 11, Issue 3, December 1982, Pages 307-325