Openness, productivity and growth in the APEC economies

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 593-604

  Wu, Yanrui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Openness; Productivity; Technical efficiency; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRADE RELATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 4644238890     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-004-0200-1     Document Type: Article

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