Biases in approximating log production

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 708-714

  Sun, Kai ^a   Henderson, Daniel J ^a   Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956065133     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1229     Document Type: Article

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