A comparative analysis of productivity growth, catch-up, and convergence in transition economies

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-28

  Deliktaş, Ertuǧrul ^a,b   Balcilar, Mehmet ^c  

^a KYRGYZ TURKISH MANAS UNIVERSITY   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Kazakhstan Inst Mgmt Econ/SR   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Convergence; Data envelopment analysis; Stochastic production frontiers; Technical efficiency; Total factor productivity; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444375298     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1540496x.2005.11052598     Document Type: Article

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