Exports and Firm-Level Efficiency in African Manufacturing

Arne Bigsten (), Paul Collier and Stefan Dercon

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Abstract: In this paper, we use firm-level panel data for the manufacturing sector in four African countries, to estimate the effect of exporting on efficiency. Measures of firm-level efficiency using stochastic production frontier models are constructed for the period 1992 to 1995.

Keywords: EXPORTS; MANUFACTURES; AFRICA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 L60 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2000
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