What drives national efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa

被引：15

作者：

Danquah, Michael ^{[1
]}

Ouattara, Bazoumana ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ghana, Dept Econ, Legon, Accra, Ghana

[2] Univ Manchester, IDPM, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England

来源：

ECONOMIC MODELLING | 2015年 / 44卷

关键词：

National efficiency; Stochastic frontier model; Sub-Saharan Africa; AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FUNCTION; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; GROWTH; TRADE; INEFFICIENCY; INVESTMENT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econmod.2014.10.019

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we use stochastic frontier analysis to examine whether differences in the transfer and absorption of technology help to explain cross-country differences in national efficiency levels in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1970-2010. We find that trade policy on openness, machinery imports, stock of R&D, landlockedness and quality of institutions play a significant and quantitatively important role in explaining the differences in efficiency scores in SSA. Human capital, however, has an insignificant effect on efficiency. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：171 / 179

页数：9

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