Estimation of firm-specific technological bias, technical change and total factor productivity growth: A dual approach

Econometric Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 162-173

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Nakamura, Shinichiro ^b   Heshmati, Almas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost function; General index; Returns to scale; Time trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938900275     PISSN: 07474938     EISSN: 15324168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474930008800483     Document Type: Article

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