Growth of factor productivity in the Turkish manufacturing industry at provincial level

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-223

  Karadaǧ, Metin ^a   Önder, A Özlem ^a   Deliktaş, Ertuǧrul ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Malmquist productivity index; Private and public sectors; Regional performance; Total factor productivity; Turkish manufacturing industry

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 17944370873     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003434005200060007     Document Type: Article

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