A Study on the performance of Taiwan and China Manufacting Industry-Metafrontier Application

• Main Authors: Kuen-Feng Lin, 林坤鋒
• Other Authors: Fung-Shia Hsu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ux99h9

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 經濟學系 === 102 === This essay target on the both sides of the straits’ manufacturing and we divide it into 19 subcategories. Using capital and labor to get the input variable, added value to get the output variable and data envelopment analysis to get the both sides’ manufacturing efficiency values. At the same time, we use those data to compare all the value. Due to the difference of the production environment between the both sides, the technical standard of decision making unit has its commonality and specialty; therefore, we could not compare directly the efficiency among the different groups. Thus, we use both sides’ production set to create a metafrontier and compare the efficiency with the common technical standards. The empirical results are as follows: 1. In the over period, our country’s manufacturing pure technical efficiency is superior to the People Republic of China; however, the People Republic of China’s pure technical efficiency surpass our country’s in 2000. 2. The People Republic of China’s manufacturing is all decreasing returns to scale over the years and our country’s manufacturing exceed to the People Republic of China’s over the period. 3. Our country’s metatechnology ratio is superior to the People Republic of China’s. The overall MTR values in the People Republic of China are downward before1999 but the overall MTR values are slightly upward after 1999. 4. Most of Taiwan’s pure technical efficiency is better than the People Republic of China’s. Nevertheless, in 2006, the industries which kept advantages from the People Republic of China are only remaining for wood and bamboo manufacturing, pulp, paper, and paper manufacturing and petroleum and coal products manufacturing. Other manufacturing is overtaking by the People Republic of China. 5. The industries which the scale efficiency are higher than the People Republic of China are more than the industries which have pure technical efficiency and those industries still kept advantages in 2006. In the last, we aim the pure technical efficiency at the Tobit regression analysis. Taiwan’s pure technical efficiency is better than the People Republic of China’s and the capital labor ratio and research and development investment ratio are all positive significant. In addition, most of the time trend variables are significant. We use year 2006 as the baseline year that we could realize that the worst manufacturing efficiency between both sides occurred in 2000 and the worse manufacturing efficiency between both sides occurred in 1995. The both sides’ manufacturing efficiency performance in 1996 is most similar to 2006’s. The industrial classification variables are not significant. If we discuss it by groups, Taiwan’s groups are positive significant in capital labor ratio and research and development investment ratio and the time trend variable are not significant. On the other side, the People Republic of China’s groups are negative significant in capital labor ratio and research and development investment ratio. The efficiency is getting better from time to time and also the industrial classification is all significant.