Total factor productivity in Singapore construction

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-158

  Tan, Willie ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Growth accounting; Learning by doing; Torn qvist index; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933379     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021140     Document Type: Review

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