dataset of 10 ASEAN countries from 1980 to 2017, this study examines the productivity and efficiency of the ASEAN economies … productivity index to provide estimates of gross technical efficiency, technical progress and returns to scale change, while taking … into account of transient and persistent efficiency. The results show that there is room for efficiency gains, as the ASEAN …

Total Factor Productivity (TFP)is often used on the macro-economic level as an indicator of changes in efficiency of a … increasing and become positive after a (quite a) few years of transition. Many authors conclude that this is a gain in efficiency … increases in efficiency. To investigate this, the mathematical properties of TFP are analysed in order to generate new insights …