Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108022 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
KTK/IE Discussion Papers No. 2000/9
Publisher: 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Budapest
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the link between competition and efficiency for the Hungarian corporate sector during various phases of the transition process. We employ frontier production functions to explore differences among groups of firms, and to identify the typical adjustment process of each group separately throughout the transition period until 1997. The estimated production functions indicate a gradual improvement in efficiency and a shift from decreasing to increasing returns to scale due to the growing share of small firms. Market share can be explained by domestic and foreign competition and by the efficiency of the firm.
Subjects: 
firm in transition economy
production functions
efficiency
JEL: 
C23
D21
D24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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