Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini (2000) Total factor productivity growth, technical change, and technical efficiency in ASEAN countries. International Journal of Management Studies (IJMS), 7 (1&2). pp. 19-32. ISSN 0127-8983

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Abstract

This paper analyzes productivity growth in five ASEAN countries over the period 1978-1990. A Malmquist-Data-Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method as introduced by Fare, Grosskopf Norris, and Zhang (1994) is used to calculate indices of productivity change and its components, technological change, technical efficiency change, and scale efficiency change. Results suggest that, on average, ASEAN countries productivity growth had been declining at a negative rate of 0.5 percent over the study period, mainly due to deterioration in efficiency with which existing technology is utilized rather than a lack of innovation or technological change. The results also show that Singapore is the most efficient economy in the region, while Philippines is the least efficient.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ASEAN countries, productivity growth, efficient economy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions:	College of Arts and Sciences
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Mohd Zaini Abd Karim
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2010 01:43
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2016 06:58
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/66

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