Trade liberalization and the efficiency of firms in Indian manufacturing

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 419-430

  Driffield, Nigel L ^a   Kambhampati, Uma S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0042230532     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00200     Document Type: Article

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