International comparisons of levels of capital input and multi-factor productivity

German Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-254

  Schreyer, Paul ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregate productivity; Capacity; Cross country output convergence capital; Investment; Measurement of economic growth

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; INVESTMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OECD;

EID: 34247869957     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2007.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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