Working Papers

Restructuring and Efficiency in the Manufacturing Sector: A Firm Level Approach Applied to Morocco

No.

565

Publisher

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

Date

November, 2010

Topic

D. Microeconomics

Abstract The aim of the present paper is to analyze the impacts of the upgrading policies adopted by Morocco for almost ten years. We apply the stochastic frontier approach initiated by Battese and Coelli (1995) to a panel of 282 firms from Morocco during the period [1998–2005]. Such parametric methodology leads to estimating the technical efficiency for Moroccan firms and we obtain an average of no more that 13.3 percent, which is considered very low. Yet what is important is the possibility to conduct, in a second stage, an evaluation of the impact of some environmental factors on pure technical efficiency. In this sense, improvement of technical efficiency is detected for firms which have officially subscribed in the upgrading process. Arabic Abstract:
تهدف هذه الورقة إلي تحليل الآثار المترتبة على سياسات رفع الكفاءة التي انتهجتها دولة المغرب منذ حوالي عشر سنوات. و قد قمنا بتطبيق نموذج تحليل الحد العشوائي لباتيس و كولي (1995) علي مجموعة مكونة من 282 شركة من المغرب في الفترة من 1998-2005. و هذه المنهجية القياسية تؤدي إلى تقدير الكفاءة الفنية للشركات المغربية التي لا تزال منخفضة للغاية حيث حققت معدل لا يزيد عن 13.3%. ولكن الأهم هو انه يمكن في المرحلة الثانية إجراء تقييم لتأثير بعض العوامل البيئية على الكفاءة الفنية. و بناءا علي ذلك, فالكفاءة الفنية يتم البحث عنها في الشركات التي اشتركت رسميا في عملية رفع الكفاءة.
Restructuring and Efficiency in the Manufacturing Sector: A Firm Level Approach Applied to Morocco

Research Fellows

Lahcen Achy

Deputy Director at International Monetary Fund

Restructuring and Efficiency in the Manufacturing Sector: A Firm Level Approach Applied to Morocco

Research Fellows

Samy Bennaceur

Deputy Division Chief, IMF

Restructuring and Efficiency in the Manufacturing Sector: A Firm Level Approach Applied to Morocco

Research Fellows

Adel Ben Youssef

Professor of Economics, University Côte d'Azur

Restructuring and Efficiency in the Manufacturing Sector: A Firm Level Approach Applied to Morocco

Research Fellows

Samir Ghazouani

Full Professor of Econometrics, Business School of...