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Analysis of Russian firms’ TFP growth in 2009—2015
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-7-96-118
Abstract
We study TFP growth in Russia in 2009—2015 using firm-level data. Our results reveal that the productivity gap between technology leaders and lagging firms accumulated over the observed period. Technology diffusion from leaders to less efficient firms in Russia stays rather limited resulting in relatively low average TFP growth. The market share of less efficient firms shrinks over time but they do not exit the market. As a result, scarce recourses stay locked in inefficient production.
About the Author
E. V. Bessonova
Institute for Macroeconomic Research, Russian Foreign Trade Academy; National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Bessonova E.V. Analysis of Russian firms’ TFP growth in 2009—2015. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2018;(7):96-118. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-7-96-118
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