The Regional Heterogeneity of Productivity Determinants: Evidence from Ukrainian Firms

• Authors: Andrzej Cieślik , Jan Jakub Michałek , Iryna Nasadiuk

Abstracts

EN

This paper studies the determinants of the total factor productivity (TFP) for Ukrainian firms in the manufacturing sector across macro-regions using recent micro-level datasets for 2013. Our empirical results show some degree of heterogeneity across Ukrainian macro-regions; in particular, the link between the total factor productivity, firm size, imports and the level of competition seems to be valid for all macro regions. However, the effects of private ownership status, capital intensity and exports seems to be region specific. In addition, we found no relationship between firm productivity and foreign ownership for any of the regions.

Keywords

EN

firms; productivity; regions; Ukraine

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 44-50

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Andrzej Cieślik

• Department of Macroeconomics and International Trade Theory, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland

author

Jan Jakub Michałek

• Department of Macroeconomics and International Trade Theory, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland

author

Iryna Nasadiuk

• Department of Macroeconomics and International Trade Theory, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0004

Biblioteka Nauki

2046890