Foreign Capital, Human Capital, and Efficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis for Developing Countries

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 489-502

  Mastromarco, Camilla ^a   Ghosh, Sucharita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

foreign capital; human capital; stochastic Frontier model; technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; MODELING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 58149236727     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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