Mind the Gap: A Comment on Aggregate Productivity and Technology

Ali Choudhary and Vasco Gabriel

No 1306, School of Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, University of Surrey

Abstract: This paper reconsiders the empirical results of Basu and Fernald (European Economics Review, 2002) which suggests a significant and persistent gap between the aggregate productivity and technology levels for the US private business sector. We we control for capacity utilisation, time-varying markup and use a superior system estimator, the profile of the gap is shown to change considerably.

Keywords: productivity; technology; welfare; hours; dynamic-markups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E23 E32 O47 O51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2006-08
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