Research area and keywords of research:
Regional differences in multifactor productivity in Hungary
Name of the researcher(s) and research group:
- Zsuzsanna Nagy
Name of the Institute:
University of Nyíregyháza, Institute of Business and Management Sciences
Research objectives:
The development of the efficiency and productivity of Hungarian agriculture following the EU-accession has been analysed by several authors in recent years. However, there is a limited number of papers concerning the productivity and efficiency of regions. The aim is to analyse multi factor productivity (MFP) and convergence among Hungarian regions. For purposes of MFP analysis Törnquist-Theil index is used, convergence is examined through ß-convergence and coefficients of variation. Data from the Regional Economic Accounts for Agriculture was used.
Description and results of research:
In case of MFP investigation, five of the seven regions showed growth, with only a slight decrease was in Northern Hungary and the Northern Great Plain. The value of MPA was the highest in Central Transdanubia in 2005 and 2013, and the lowest in Northern Hungary. Two regions – Southern and Western Transdanubia – changed locations between 2005 and 2013.
Convergence was investigated by two ways. First, theoretical background of ß-convergence was used and graphically depicted the initial level of MFP and the average annual growth rate of MFP. Second, the coefficient of variation was used to investigate the convergence of the regions' MFPs. Both methods refer to divergence.
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Publications (max. 5):
- Nagy Zsuzsanna: A többtényezős termelékenység regionális különbségei: konvergencia vagy divergencia? Kovács Z. – Minya K. (szerk.): Inter- és multidiszciplináris kutatások a Nyíregyházi Egyetemen. Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyházi Egyetem (2019) 189-197. 9 p