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THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF JAPANESE MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS BY EXPANDED VERDOORN EQUATIONS
Author(s) -
Casetti Emilio,
Tanaka Kyoko
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1992.tb01744.x
Subject(s) - productivity , economics , economic geography , capital (architecture) , geography , economic growth , archaeology
This study investigates the parametric drift of a Verdoorn‐type relationship across Japan's center‐periphery continuum, using prefecture‐level data for the 1965–75 time horizon. Our results indicate that in and around Japan's core neutral technological progress and capital deepening tend to he higher, whereas scale and external economies tend to be lower. This spatial variation is consistent with product cycle and regional dynamics theories. The study implements the expansion method techniques and research philosophy.