Productivity changes of pulp and paper industry in OECD countries, 1991-2000: A non-parametric Malmquist approach

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-422

  Hseu, Jiing Shyang ^a   Shang, Jui Kou ^a  

^a JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Efficiency change; Malmquist productivity index; Non parametric frontier; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Pulp and paper industry; Technical change

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX;

DATA RECORDING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY;

PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY;

DATA RECORDERS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; PULP INDUSTRY;

EID: 13444269548     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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