Trade liberalization and productivity growth: New evidence from the Turkish rubber industry

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 639-645

  Gokcekus, Omer ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY IMPACT; RUBBER INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE LIBERALISATION;

TURKEY;

EID: 0030863383     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368497326831     Document Type: Article

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