Efficiency in the manufacturing industry of selected provinces in Turkey: A stochastic frontier analysis

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-113

  Önder, A Özlem ^a   Deliktaş, Ertuǧrul ^a   Lenger, Aykut ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Stochastic production frontiers; Technical change; Technical efficiency; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442498375     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1540496x.2003.11052537     Document Type: Article

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