How well do total factor productivity explain the patterns of specialization of selected Asian economies?

• Main Author: Teo, Eng Chong
• Other Authors: Taylor, Grant Allan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Industries and labor; DRNTU::Business::General::Economic and business aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/2175
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To the extend that the growth of East Asian economies goes hand in hand with the rapid changes in their economic structures and thus patterns of specialization, it is instructional to examine how well factor accumulation and technological improvement explain the relative rises or declines of industr...