ÖLÇEĞE GÖRE SABİT OLMAYAN GETİRİ VE EKSİK REKABET ORTAMINDA SOLOW ARTIĞINDAKİ SAPMANIN TÜRETİLMESİ

Year 2003, Volume: 18 Issue: 1 - Volume: 18 Issue: 1, 63 - 71, 25.07.2016

Sacit Hadi AKDEDE

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to explicitly derive the possible bias in the Solow residual when there is imperfect competition and non-constant returns to scale. As is known very well, the standard Solow residual assumes perfect competition and constant returns to scale. As is also known, Solow residual is one of the measures of total factor productivity. Therefore, if there is imperfect competition and non-constant returns to scale, then standard Solow measure of productivity will be biased and all the comparisons based on this residual will be unreliable. In this study, we shed some light on these issues.

Keywords

Toplam faktör verimliliği, Solow kalıntısında yanlış ölçüm

EXPLICIT DERIVATION OF THE BIAS IN THE SOLOW RESIDUAL IN THE EXISTENCE OF IMPERFECT COMPETITION AND NON-CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to explicitly derive the possible bias in the Solow residual when there is imperfect competition and non-constant returns to scale. As is known very well, the standard Solow residual assumes perfect competition and constant returns to scale. As is also known, Solow residual is one of the measures of total factor productivity. Therefore, if there is imperfect competition and non-constant returns to scale, then standard Solow measure of productivity will be biased and all the comparisons based on this residual will be unreliable. In this study, we shed some light on these issues.

Keywords

Total Factor Productivity, Bias in the Solow Residual