Trade Liberalisation and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Bangladesh Manufacturing Industries.

The paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation on the technical efficiency of the Bangladesh manufacturing sector by estimating a combined stochastic frontier-inefficiency model using panel data for the period 1978-94 for 25 three-digit level industries.The results show that the overall...

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Published in:	Journal of Development Studies Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 87 - 115
Main Authors:	Hossain, M. A., Karunaratne, N. D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2004
Subjects:	Free trade International trade Manufactured products Industrial efficiency Industries Bangladesh
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