The effects of exports, technical change and markup on total factor productivity growth: Evidence from Singapore's electronics industry

Economics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Bloch, Harry ^a   Tang, Sam Hak Kan ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exports; Singapore's electronics industry; TFP growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249730061     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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