ACCOUNTING FOR DISCREPANCIES AMONG ESTIMATES OF TFP GROWTH IN EAST ASIA

Economic Papers

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-293

  Weerasinghe, P Nandalal ^a   Fane, George ^b  

^a Sri Lanka Department of Archaeology   (Sri Lanka)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Asia; Growth accounting; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952885840     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2005.tb00379.x     Document Type: Article

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