The main rationale for the implementation of structural reforms favoring free markets is that they, through increased competition, are likely to create incentives to improve the way firms operate i.e. firm efficiency. In this study we measure and analyze total factor productivity and technical...

This paper uses a new set of index numbers derived from Aw and Roberts (1989) and formalized in Tello (1997) by which changes in the current value of exports (or imports) can be decomposed into three components: a price change component, a quantity change component, and a product composition...