Productivity growth of East Asia economies' manufacturing: A decomposition analysis

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-674

  Liao, Hailin ^a   Holmes, Mark ^b   Weyman Jones, Tom ^a   Llewellyn, David ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34248551204     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701259723     Document Type: Article

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