This paper estimates the total factor productivity (TFP) change of the private and public sectors in the Turkish manufacturing industry in the selected provinces for 1990-98. It uses data envelopment analysis to compute Malmquist productivity indices decomposed into two components, namely...

The main aim of this paper is to compare and analyse the performance of total factor productivity (TFP) in the European Union (EU) countries and Turkey over the period 1975-1997. This study also investigates the possible impact of membership on productivity in Turkey by evaluating the...

The paper examines the macroeconomic performance of 25 transition economies using a comparable dataset. In order to see whether the transition to the market based economy increased economic efficiency, technical progress, and total factor productivity, we estimate efficiency measures for the...