This study explores the prevalence and nature of the regional divide for the Mexican manufacturing production across sub-national regions. We utilize a unique panel of municipality-level data from the manufacturing sector. An important contribution is the use of different panel methods to...

Este estudio analiza la eficiencia y los cambios de la productividad en la industria cementera del Peru por medio del metodo no parametrico "Data Envelopment Analysis". Se compara eficiencia y productividad entre las diferentes plantas de cemento durante un periodo de 17 anos. El estudio indica...

This study explores the prevalence and nature of the regional divide for the Mexican manufacturing production across sub-national regions. We utilize a unique panel of municipality-level data from the manufacturing sector. An important contribution is the use of different panel methods to...

While the link between the ownership and productive efficiency of firms has been discussed extensively, no consensus exists regarding the superiority of one or the other in non-competitive, regulated environments. This paper applies a flexible production model to test for efficiency differences...