Biased technical change and the Malmquist productivity index

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-127

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grifell Tatjé, Emili ^b   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Lovell, C A Knox ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDEX DEVELOPMENT; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0031440973     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00051     Document Type: Article

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