Exact decomposition of the Fisher ideal total factor productivity index

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-150

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a,b   Sipiläinen, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Agriculture; Decompositions; Fisher ideal index; Malmquist index; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349122821     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0129-z     Document Type: Article

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