Chen, Ku-Hsieh; Huang, Yi-Ju; Yang, Chih-Hai - In: China Economic Review 20 (2009) 4, pp. 777-792
This paper analyzes the dynamics of China's productivity for the period 1996-2004 with a newly developed methodology -- generalized metafrontier Malmquist productivity index (gMMPI). Implementing the gMMPI, this paper reviews the inequality of the coastal and non-coastal provinces, as well as...