Do infrastructures influence the convergence of efficiency in Mexico?

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-137

  Becerril Torres, Osvaldo U ^a   Álvarez Ayuso, Inmaculada C ^b   Del moral Barrera, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convergence; Economic growth; Stochastic frontier; Technical efficiency and productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 74749104088     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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