Testing production functions used in empirical growth studies

Economics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-35

  Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti ^a   Issler, João Victor ^a   de Abreu Pessôa, Samuel ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Box Cox test; Growth; Production function

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342311689     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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