Technology, Exports and Firm Efficiency in Taiwanese Manufacturing

B.Y. Aw and G. Batra

Working Papers from Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics

Abstract: Using firm-level data from the 1986 Census of Manufactures of Taiwan, the authors examine the links between technical efficiency and firm investmetns in technology and exports. Stochastic frontier techniques are used to estimate the technical efficiency of firms by investments in technology as well as by export orientation.

Keywords: TECHNOLOGY; ENTERPRISES; EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURES; TAIWAN; EXPORTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 F13 L60 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 1998
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