Productive efficiency and exports: An examination of alternative hypotheses for the Greek cement industry

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-291

  Tsekouras, Kostas D ^a   Skuras, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURED EXPORT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13244298644     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000295250     Document Type: Article

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