Productivity and technical change: Measurement and testing

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divisia index; Returns to scale; Technical change; Total factor productivity growth

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; RETURNS TO SCALE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TESTING METHOD; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0346403334     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0185-1     Document Type: Article

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