Productivity and turnover in the export market: Micro-level evidence from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China)

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-90

  Aw, Bee Yan ^a   Chung, Sukkyun ^b   Roberts, Mark J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Finance and Economy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034042341     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/14.1.65     Document Type: Article

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