Productivity and efficiency of state-owned enterprises in China

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-259

  Fu, Feng Cheng ^a,b   Vijverberg, Chu Ping C ^c   Chen, Yong Sheng ^d  

^a YU DA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Malmquist index of productivity; Productivity growth; SOE efficiency; SOE performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549159156     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0078-y     Document Type: Article

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