Estimating capital inputs for productivity measurement: An overview of U.S. concepts and methods

International Statistical Review

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-337

  Harper, Michael J ^a  

^a Bureau of labor Statistic   (United States)

Author keywords

Age efficiency function; Capital service flow; Deterioration: Implicit rental price; Multifactor productivity; Superlative index numbers; User cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033235185     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.1999.tb00452.x     Document Type: Article

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