Does the “Productivity Paradox” Exist in the Chinese Food Industry?

• Mi Jie

  Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University

• Chen Tinggui

  College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University

• Nanseki Teruaki

  Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University

• Chomei Yosuke

  Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University

Abstract

The objective of this research is to check if the “productivity paradox” exists in the Chinese food industry and estimate the effect of export scales on the enterprises’ total factor productivity (TFP). The results show the following: first, the “productivity paradox” does not exist in the Chinese food industry; second, within specific optimal intervals, export scale can facilitate the increase in TFP; and third, “learning by exporting” has a time-lag effect on the food industry, which impacts food manufacturing firms the least and beverage manufacturing firms the most.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics

  Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics 23 (0), 95-100, 2021-03-31

  The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Keywords

• export scale
• food industry
• total factor productivity

Details

• CRID: 1390569567968900480
• NII Article ID: 130008041653
• NII Book ID: AA12792455
• ISSN: 24326909
• ISSN: 24322385
• DOI: 10.18480/jjae.23.0_95
• NDL BIB ID: 031373916
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I031373916
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjae/23/0/23_95/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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