On measuring total factor productivity growth in Singapore's manufacturing industries

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 295-298

  Renuka, M ^a   Kalirajan, K P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032864688     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048599353267     Document Type: Article

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