Infrastructure and productivity: A nonlinear approach

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-74

  Duggal, Vijaya G ^a   Saltzman, Cynthia ^a   Klein, Lawrence R ^b  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Nonlinear production function; Technological index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346872826     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4076(98)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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