Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lee, Jeong-Dong. (Editor), Heshmati, Almas. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2009.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Economics.; Econometrics.; International economics.; Economics, Mathematical.; Finance.; Economics/Management Science.; Financial Economics.; International Economics.; Game Theory/Mathematical Methods.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2072-0

Productivity growth is a keyword for sustainable economic growth in a knowledge-based society. There has been significant methodological development in the literature on productivity and efficiency analysis, e.g. SFA (Stochastic Frontier Analysis) and DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis). All these metho...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Industrial Sector and Firm Level Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
• Part II. Performance in Financial Sector
• Part III. Efficiency in Public Sector and the Role of Public Policy
• Part IV. Efficiency of ICT Firms.