Firm-level productivity studies: Illusions and a solution

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-413

  Katayama, Hajime ^a   Lu, Shihua ^b   Tybout, James R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FREDDIE MAC   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiated products; Panel data; Productivity measurement

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; AUTO-REGRESSIVE; BAYESIAN TECHNIQUES; BERTRAND; CAPITAL SPENDING; CHOICE MODELS; COLOMBIANS; DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS; FIRMS' PERFORMANCE; FOREIGN MARKETS; INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; MANAGERIAL DECISIONS; MARGINAL COSTS; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; PANEL DATA; PAPER PRODUCERS; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; POLICY CHANGES; PRODUCER SURPLUS; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATIONS; PRODUCT QUALITIES; PRODUCTIVITY INDICES; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; SALES REVENUES; SOCIAL WELFARES; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCIES; UNOBSERVABLE;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 63449115091     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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