Technical efficiency measurement within the manufacturing sector in Côte d'Ivoire: A stochastic frontier approach

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1303-1324

  Chapelle, Karine ^a   Plane, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^b Fondation pour les études et les Recherches sur le Développement International   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27644454345     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380500170964     Document Type: Article

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