How Efficient is the East German Economy? An Exploration with Micro Data

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of the East German economy at the firm level using an unbalanced panel over the transition period 1994 to 1998. We adopt a translog stochastic frontier model to estimate technical efficiency in eastern and western Germany. The results indicate that firms in eastern Germany are significantly less efficient than firms in western Germany. The paper also examines some of the possible correlates of regional variations in firm-level efficiency

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Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	Funke, Michael ; Rahn, Jörg
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Deutschland \| Germany \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Technische Effizienz \| Technical efficiency \| Westdeutsche Bundesländer \| West Germany \| Lohn \| Wages \| Produktionsfunktion \| Production function \| Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz \| Economic convergence \| Vergleich \| Comparison \| Unternehmen \| Enterprise \| Ostdeutschland \| East Germany
Description of contents:	Abstract [papers.ssrn.com]

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Economics of Transition, Vol. 10, No. 1, February 2002 Volltext nicht verfügbar
Classification:	D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; C33 - Models with Panel Data ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; O52 - Europe
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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