Public policy, innovation and total factor productivity: An application to Taiwan's manufacturing industry

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-367

  Chang, Chia Lin ^a   Robin, Stéphane ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Computation propensity score matching; Firm level panel data; Manufacturing industry; Newly industrialized countries; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

COMPUTATION PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; FIRM-LEVEL PANEL DATA; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 55949120724     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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