A Non-parametric Analysis of Productivity: The Case of U.S. and Japanese Manufacturing
在成本最小化框架下，对美国和日本制造业的技术、技术变革和生产率进行非参数分析，提供非参数检验和度量方法。
A nonparametric analysis of technology, technical change, and productivity is presented in the context of cost minimizing behavior. A number of nonparametric tests concerning the existence and nature of technical change are applied to U.S. and Japanese manufacturing data. Nonparametric measures of technical change are presented. Copyright 1990 by American Economic Association.