Journal of Economic Development
No. 212 , April 2012, Page 36-43


Efficiency of Foreign-Invested Transport Companies
PHAN THỊ LIÊN

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Abstract
The paper estimates technical performance of foreign-invested and local companies by analyzing a dataset for 11,210 companies in transport, warehousing and communication sector established by the GSO in 2010 and SFPF parameters. The results show that the average efficiency score of companies in this industry is 53.46%. These results also challenge the argument that performance of foreign-invested companies is always higher than that of local ones. On the contrary, type of companies is the main factor that affects the performance of foreign-invested companies in Vietnam JEL classification: F23, D24, C23.

Keywords
Foreign-Invested Companies; Technical Efficiency; Stochastic Frontier Production Function (SFPF); Vietnam.
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