Science Research Management ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 64-69.

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International trade,FDI, and technical efficiency and technological progress

Luo Liangwen, Kan Daxue   

  1. School of Economics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2010-06-18 Revised:2010-11-12 Online:2012-05-27 Published:2012-05-20

Abstract: Based on the DEA non-parameter method the Malmquist productivity index is surveyed, and through its decomposition, the technology efficiency index and the technology advancement index of eastern area, central area as well as western area are calculated, it is found that eastern area's total factor productivity growth is mainly dependent on technological progress,the contribution of technical efficiency to the total factor productivity growth is smaller; the central and western area's total factor productivity growth are mainly dependent on the improvement of technical efficiency since 1987,then from the international trade and FDI's angle of view, the provincial dynamic panel data are used for the empirical research, it is found that the eastern area's import-export trade and FDI mainly promote the technical efficiency and the technology advancement, influence coefficient due to technology advancement is bigger than the influence coefficient due to technical efficiency, however the central and western area's import-export trade and FDI promoted the technical efficiency, and suppress the technology advancement,simultaneously.

Key words: international trade, FDI, technical efficiency, technological progress

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