Analysis of regional productivity growth in China: A generalized metafrontier MPI approach

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 777-792

  Chen, Ku Hsieh ^a   Huang, Yi Ju ^b   Yang, Chih Hai ^c  

^a FO GUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Institute of Economic Research   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Metafrontier; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350051320     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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