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Technical Efficiency in the Indian Textiles Industry: a Nonparametric Analysis of Firm-Level Data
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11-1-2007

Technical Efficiency in the Indian Textiles Industry: A Nonparametric Analysis of Firm-Level Data
Anup Kumar Bhandari
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Subhash C. Ray
University of Connecticut

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Technical Efficiency in the Indian Textiles Industry: A Nonparametric Analysis of Firm-Level Data Anup Kumar Bhandari
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Subhash C. Ray
University of Connecticut

Working Paper 2007-49 November 2007

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Abstract
The Indian textiles industry is now at the crossroads with the phasing out of quota regime that prevailed under the Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA) until the end of 2004. In the face of a full integration of the textiles sector in the WTO, maintaining and enhancing productive efficiency is a precondition for competitiveness of the Indian firms in the new liberalized world market. In this paper we use data obtained from the Annual Survey of Industries for a number of years to measure the levels of technical efficiency in the Indian textiles industry at the firm


References: Bhandari, A. K. and P. Maiti (2007), “Efficiency of Indian Manufacturing Firms: Textile Industry as a Case Study”, International Journal of Business and Economics, 6 (1), 71-88. Ray, S. C. (1997), “Regional Variation in Productivity Growth in Indian Manufacturing: A Nonparametric Analysis”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, 13 (1), 73-94.
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