Catching up or falling behind: relative differences in productivity and price competitiveness between US and German industries, 1960 - 1985
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Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Methodology 3
3. Data and Purchasing Power Parities 9
3.1 Data 9
3.1.1 Matching U. S. and German Classifications by Industry 9
3.1.2 Output 16
3.1.3 Factor Inputs 16
3.2 Purchasing Power Parities 16
4. Empirical Results 22
4.1 Taxonomy of Differences between U.S. and German Industries 22
4.1.1 Cost Structures 22
4.1.2 TFP Growth 26
4.1.3 TFP Levels 33
4.1.4 Partial Factor Productivities 43
4.1.5 Size of Industries and Output Growth 49
4.2 Testing for Similarities and Differences between Industries 53
4.2.1 Equality or Inequality of Cost Structures 56
4.2.2 Neutral or Non-neutral Technical Change 60
4.2.3 Acceleration or Deceleration of Technical Change 65
4.2.4 Substitution and Complementarity of Factor Inputs 67
4.2.5 Differences in Cost Efficiency Levels 71
5. Conclusions 73
6. References 77
Appendix A 80
Appendix B 85
Appendix C 87
List of Figures
Fig. 1 - Long-term TFP growth in five technology-intensive industries 29
Fig. 2 - Motor vehicle industry TFP growth in the U.S. and Germany 30
Fig. 3 - Chemical industry TFP growth in the U.S. and Germany 31
Fig. 4 - Electrical machinery TFP growth in the U.S. and Germany 32
Fig. 5 - Machinery industry TFP growth in the U.S. and Germany 32
Fig. 6 - Differences in TFP levels in agriculture, mining and construction. . 38
Fig. 7 - Differences in TFP levels in foods, textiles and apparel 38
Fig. 8 - Differences in TFP levels in lumber, furniture and paper 39
Fig. 9 - Differences in TFP levels in printing, chemicals and petroleum 40
Fig. 10 - Differences in TFP levels in rubber, leather and stone 40
Fig. 11 - Differences in TFP levels in primary metal, fabricated metal and
machinery 41
Fig. 12 - Differences in TFP levels in electrical machinery, motor vehicles and
transport equipment 41
Fig. 13 - Differences in TFP levels in precision instruments, miscellaneous
manufacturing and utilities 42
Fig. 14 - Differences in TFP levels in finance and other services including
government 42
List of Tables
Table 1 - German Classification by 51 Industries 12
Table 2 - U. S. Classification by 35 Industries 13
Table 3 - Jorgenson-Kuroda Classification for Comparing the Industries in the
U.S. and Japan 14
Table 4 - Jorgenson-Erber Classification for Comparing the Industries of the
U.S. and Germany 15
Table 5 - Purchasing Power Parities by Industry for the U.S. and the Federal
Republic of Germany in 1975 18
Table 6 - Purchasing Power Parities by Industry for the U.S. and the Federal
Republic of Germany in 1980 19
Table 7 - Cost Structure by Industry 24
Table 8 - Total Factor Productivity by Industry 27
Table 9 - Relative Differences in TFP Productivity Levels by Industry 34
Table 10 - Time Trend Regressions of TFP Productivity Gaps by Industry. . 37
Table 11 - Relative Differences in Labor Productivity Levels by Industry 44
Table 12 - Labor Productivity per Working Hour by Industry 46
Table 13 - Capital Productivity by Industry 47
Table 14 - Intermediate Inputs Productivity by Industry 48
Table 15 - Relative Size of German to U.S. Gross Production Values by Indus¬
try in PPP 50
Table 16 - Gross Production Values by Industry 52
Table 17 - Equality or Inequality of Cost Structures in the Bilateral Factor
Demand System by Industry 58
Table 18 - Biases of Technical Change in a Three Factor Production Possibility
Set 62
Table 19 - Biases of Technical Change in the Bilateral Factor Demand System
by Industry 64
Table 20 - Average Allen-Uzawa Partial Own Price and Cross Price Elasticities
of Substitutability by Industry 68
Table 21 - Relative Size of German to U.S. Labor Inputs by Industry in PPP. . 84
Table 22 - Relative Size of German to U.S. Capital Inputs by Industry in PPP. 85
Table 23 - Relative Size of German to U.S. Intermediate Inputs by Industry in
PPP 86
Table 24 - Parameter Estimates for the Intermediate Input Cost Share Equation
in the Bilateral Factor Demand System by Industry 88
Table 25 - Parameter Estimates for the Capital Cost Share Equation in the
Bilateral Factor Demand System by Industry 89
Table 26 - Parameter Estimates for the Wage Cost Share Equation in the
Bilateral Factor Demand System by Industry 90
Table 27 - Parameter Estimates for the Rate of Price Diminution Equation in
the Bilateral Factor Demand System by Industry 91
Table 28 - Parameter Estimates for the Relative Difference in Cost Efficiency
Equation in the Bilateral Factor Demand System by Industry 92 |
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