Trade liberalization and productivity growth in Korean manufacturing industries: Price protection, market power, and scale efficiency

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-83

  Kim, Euysung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

East Asian economic growth; Total factor productivity; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0034210354     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(00)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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