| Summary: | In this dissertation, we examine an alternative framework for the decomposition of malmquist productivity index by using the notion of a metafrontier.By using the specific approach of the metafrontier malmquist productivity index,it is used the concept of technical efficiency changes,as well as technical changes for economies that operate under different technologies.We also compute the technlogical gap and its change for regions that operate under different technologies.This approach is addressed to the analysis of a panel data on 261 European regions over a period of 22 years from 1990 to 2011.The empirical results show that although Bulgarian regions embarked on moving towards their country's frontier technology,UK's regions are those who have taken the lead in the European frontier technology.
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