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Efficiency and Market Share in Hungarian Corporate Sector

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  • Gabor Korosi

    (Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

  • Laszlo Halpern

    (Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

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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.

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  • Gabor Korosi & Laszlo Halpern, 2000. "Efficiency and Market Share in Hungarian Corporate Sector," CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS 0009, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.
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    Keywords

    firm in transition economy; production functions; efficiency;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

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