Total factor productivity: An ecological-economic critique

Organization and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-190

  Burkett, Paul ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate production function; Factor complementarity; Trinity formula

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33646402042     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026606288744     Document Type: Article

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