The Solow residual, Domar aggregation, and inefficiency: A synthesis of TFP measures

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-77

  ten Raa, Thijs ^a   Shestalova, Victoria ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Domar aggregation; Index numbers; Input output analysis; Malmquist index; Solow residual; TFP

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960074222     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-010-0205-z     Document Type: Article

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