Sectoral productivity in the United States: Recent developments and the role of IT

German Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-210

  Corrado, Carol ^a   Lengermann, Paul ^a   Bartelsman, Eric J ^b   Beaulieu, J Joseph ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Brevan Howard Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate productivity; Economic growth; Sectoral productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247877911     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2007.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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