Aggregate Production Functions and Growth Economics

被引：46
作者：
Temple, Jonathan [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Bristol, Bristol, Avon, England
来源：
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2006年 / 20卷 / 03期
关键词：
aggregation; production functions; growth econometrics;
D O I：
10.1080/02692170600736052
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Rigorous approaches to aggregation indicate that aggregate production functions do not exist except in unlikely special cases. This paper considers the awkward implications for growth economics. It provides a conventional defence of growth theory in terms of 'parables' and then considers how empirical growth research might avoid the need for aggregate production functions.
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页码：301 / 317
页数：17
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