A Cross-Country Empirical Investigation of the Aggregate Production Function Specification

作者: John Duffy , Chris Papageorgiou

DOI: 10.1023/A:1009830421147

关键词: EconometricsEconomicsSample (statistics)Aggregate (data warehouse)Endogenous growth theoryHuman capitalMacroeconomicsFunction (engineering)Physical capitalProduction functionProduction (economics)

摘要: Many growth models assume that aggregate output is generated by a Cobb-Douglas production function. In this article we question the empirical relevance of this specification. We use …

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