ENTERPRISE REFORM AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF CHINA STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES

Authors
HUANG YP KALIRAJAN KP
Citation
Yp. Huang et Kp. Kalirajan, ENTERPRISE REFORM AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF CHINA STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, Applied economics, 30(5), 1998, pp. 585-592
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Applied economics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036846
Volume
30
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
585 - 592
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6846(1998)30:5<585:ERATEO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
This study investigates whether the enterprise reforms were helpful fo r the technical efficiency of China's state-owned enterprises. A stoch astic varying coefficients frontier approach is applied on enterprise survey data in 1992. The results suggest that exposure to market compe tition (or less state intervention) is positively correlated with firm s' level of technical efficiency. There is no evidence, however, of po sitive contribution by adoption of the new enterprise institutions to technical efficiency.