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Comparative Analysis of Output and Productivity in the Transport and Communication Sector: South Korea and Australia, 1990 to 1999

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  • Boon Lee

    (School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology)

  • William Shepherd

    (School of International Business, Griffith University)

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This paper examines the output and productivity performance of the Transport and Communication sector in South Korea and Australia, from 1990 to 1999. The aim of the paper is two-fold. First, the paper is the first in a series which compares the performance of various industries within the service sector. Second, it introduces a method for derivation of appropriate currency converters or purchasing power parities (PPPs) to enable quantification of output and productivity at various disaggregated levels. This method is based on the industry-of-origin approach as refined by the International Comparisons of Output and Productivity (ICOP) project based at the University of Groningen.

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  • Boon Lee & William Shepherd, 2002. "Comparative Analysis of Output and Productivity in the Transport and Communication Sector: South Korea and Australia, 1990 to 1999," Journal of Economic Development, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Department of Economics, vol. 27(1), pages 53-75, June.
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