The contributions of productivity, price changes and firm size to profitability

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Lawrence, Denis ^a   Diewert, W Erwinm ^b   Fox, Kevin J ^c  

^a Meyrick and Associates   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Customers and workers; Index number theory; Productivity growth; Regulation of utilities; Returns to shareholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747142471     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0001-y     Document Type: Article

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