An input-output approach to the measurement of productivity differences

  1. Villar, Antonio
Revista:
Working papers = Documentos de trabajo: Serie AD

Año de publicación: 2001

Número: 32

Tipo: Documento de Trabajo

Resumen

This paper deals with the measurement of efficiency differences among countries within a federation. The key tool is the use of a suitable interpretation of the non-substitution theorem in order to get a natural technological standard. Two alternative indices are proposed. One provides a structural productivity measure, independent of consumption and prices. The other consists of a price index associated with the equilibrium aggregate demand.