Productivity Growth and Convergence in the European Union

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-141

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Margaritis, Dimitri ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DEA; Distance function; Malquist index; Productivity convergence; TFP

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944461099     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-7134-x     Document Type: Article

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