Economic openness and technical efficiency: A case study of Chinese manufacturing industries

Economics of Transition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 615-636

  Sun, Haishun ^a   Hone, Phillip ^b   Doucouliagos, Hristos ^b  

^a Dept of Indust Sci and Resources   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Technical efficiency; Trade openness

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

EID: 0033397151     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00028     Document Type: Article

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