关键词: 全要素生产率, 全局曼奎斯特-卢恩伯格指数, 核密度估计, 俱乐部收敛

Abstract: The problem of economic growth under the energy and environmental constraints directly promote the further study of total factor productivity. Based on the provincial panel data from 1995 to 2010, this paper re-estimates the TFP of china by global Malmquist - Luenberger index approach. This paper also empirically examines causes and convergence of TFP. The results show that: the average annual growth rate of TFP considering energy and environmental factors is very limited. Three regions show a decreasing GML index and have varied sources of growth. Scale factors, management factors, technological factors, foreign factors have some positive impact on TFP change. Structural factors have some negative impact on TFP change. The nuclear density distribution of TFP have bimodal characteristics. It can be validated by the results from linear regression that there are two club convergence phenomenon in eastern and western.

Key words: Total Factor Productivity, Global Malmquist–Luenberger Index, Kernel Density Distribution, Club Convergence