Singapore's Manufacturing Sector's TFP Growth: A Decomposition Analysis

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 828-839

  Mahadevan, Renuka ^a   Kalirajan, Kali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Stochastic production frontier; Technical efficiency; Technological progress; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141570109     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.2000.1682     Document Type: Article

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