Debreu's coefficient of resource utilization, the Solow residual, and TFP: The connection by Leontief preferences

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Ten Raa, Thijs ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Debreu's coefficient; Efficiency; Productivity; Solow residual

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049150736     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0112-8     Document Type: Article

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