The global trends of total factor productivity: Evidence from the nonparametric Malmquist index approach

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-286

  Krüger, Jens J ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0037394344     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/55.2.265     Document Type: Article

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