What drives national efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa

Economic Modelling

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-179

  Danquah, Michael ^a   Ouattara, Bazoumana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National efficiency; Stochastic frontier model; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910090457     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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