Capital Operating Time and total Factor Productivity Growth in France /

Data on the weekly operating time of capital improve the measurement of effective capital input in production. The production function of the French business sector is found to be consistent with a Cobb-Douglas technology under constant returns to scale. Total factor productivity growth, estimated a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nadal De Simone, Francisco
Other Authors: Everaert, Luc
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/128
Online Access:Full text available on IMF