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Date Published: 31/12/2018
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No. 111 (2018)
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Nguyen, T. A., & Nguyen, D. A. (2018). The determinants of TFP at firm-level in Vietnam. Journal of International Economics and Management, 111, 36-53. https://jiem.ftu.edu.vn/index.php/jiem/article/view/195

The determinants of TFP at firm-level in Vietnam

Nguyen Thuy Anh1,, Nguyen Duy Anh1
1 Foreign Trade University

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Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants of TFP at firm level using a sample of 370 firms located in 58 cities and provinces of Vietnam. These firms participated in the business census of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam in 2015 and reported R&D activities. The regression result indicates that for firms in Vietnam, factors have a significant and positive effect on TFP include absorptive capacity (proxied by R&D activities), spatial spillovers, export activities and financial constraints. Nevertheless, there is not enough evidence to conclude that political affiliation affects TFP for Vietnamese firms.

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TFP at firm-level, R&D, Marshallian spillovers, Jacobian spillovers, financial constraints

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