The Discovery of the Residual: A Historical Note

Zvi Griliches

Journal of Economic Literature, 1996, vol. 34, issue 3, 1324-1330

Abstract: This note reviews the history of the "residual," from its earliest articulation in Copeland (1937) to its codification in Solow (1957), describing the various earlier contributions by Tinbergen, Stigler, Schmookler, Fabricant, Kendrick, Abramovitz, and others.

Date: 1996
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