Trade Openness and Aggregate Productive Efficiency

European Research Studies, 6(1), 2003, 193-201

14 Pages Posted: 12 Apr 2012

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Theodore Pelagidis

University of Piraeus; Brookings Institution

Georgios E. Chortareas

Univesrity of Athens; University of Athens - Faculty of Economics; University of Essex - Department of Accounting, Finance & Management; King’s College London

Evangelia Desli

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - School of Economics

Date Written: 2003

Abstract

We consider whether openness is related to the aggregate technical efficiency in the OECD countries. We obtain efficiency measures using Data Envelopment Analysis and we find that our measure of openness is positively related to the technical efficiency scores.

Suggested Citation

Pelagidis, Theodore and Chortareas, Georgios and Chortareas, Georgios and Desli, Evangelia, Trade Openness and Aggregate Productive Efficiency (2003). European Research Studies, 6(1), 2003, 193-201, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2039020

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