Productivity, scale effect and technological catch-up in Chinese regions

Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 64-80

  Özyurt, Selin ^a   Guironnet, Jean Pascal ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

China; Chinese economy; National economy; Productivity; Productivity rate; Scale effect; Stochastic processes; Stochastic production frontier analysis; Technological change; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949117408     PISSN: 17544416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17544401111143427     Document Type: Article

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