Mind the Gap: The Efficiency Convergence of ASEAN Plus Three Economies
Mohammad Zeqi Yasin
Abstract:This study aims to examine the performance of technical efficiency convergence (Beta and Sigma convergences) of 10 ASEAN economies as well as other three main partners from East Asia, namely China, South Korea, and Japan for the years of 1990-2021, and addresses the determinants of this convergence consisting of foreign direct investment (FDI), export, and import. By using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to estimate technical efficiency as well as panel dynamic of Generalized Methods of Moment (GMM) to test conve… Show more
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