A COMPARISON OF 3 NONPARAMETRIC MEASURES OF PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN EUROPEAN AND UNITED-STATES AGRICULTURE

被引:25
作者
BUREAU, JC [1 ]
FARE, R [1 ]
GROSSKOPF, S [1 ]
机构
[1] SO ILLINOIS UNIV,DEPT ECON,CARBONDALE,IL 62901
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10.1111/j.1477-9552.1995.tb00778.x
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F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要
Productivity growth is an important source of improvements in the standard of living. In this paper, we compare three nonparametric measures of productivity, namely the Fisher, the Hulten and the Malmquist measure. Our application of these measures to the agricultural sectors of nine EC countries and the US over the period 1973 to 1989 yield similar patterns of productivity growth.
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页数:18
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