Total factor productivity growth in manufacturing: A regional approach using linear programming

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-122

  Weber, William L ^a   Domazlicky, Bruce R ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency change; Technological change; Total factor productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000002952     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(98)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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