Technical inefficiency and firm behavior: A panel study of small and medium Japanese manufacturing firms
This study examines the technical inefficiency of small and medium Japanese manufacturing firms by using panel data from the Basic Survey on Small and Medium Enterprises (2009–2018). We estimate the stochastic frontier production function with four production factors (regular workers, nonregular wor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-01-01
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Series: | Social Sciences and Humanities Open |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291122001425 |