01765cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007610 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451849974 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Senhadji, Abdelhak. Sources of Economic Growth : An Extensive Growth Accounting Exercise / Abdelhak Senhadji. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (41 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students A growth accounting exercise is conducted for 88 countries for 1960-94 to examine the source of cross-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP) levels. Two differences distinguish this analysis from that of the related literature. First, the critical technology parameter-the share of physical capital in real output-is econometrically estimated and the usual assumption of identical technology across regions is relaxed. Second, while the few studies on the determinants of cross-country differences in TFP have focused on growth rates of real output this analysis is on levels. Recent theoretical as well as empirical arguments point to the level of TFP as the more relevant variable to explain. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/077 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1999/077/001.1999.issue-077-en.xml IMF e-Library