Parametric approaches to productivity measurement: A comparison among alternative models

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 405-424

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Heshmati, Almas ^b   Hjalmarsson, Lennart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

General index; Panel data; Production function; Technical change; Time trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033463982     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00163     Document Type: Article

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