A profit function approach to measuring
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Subhash C. Ray; Kathleen Segerson
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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This article proposes a method of estimating productivity growth using an estimated profit function. The approach has the advantage of incorporating endogenous changes in profit-maximizing output levels that would result from productivity changes. As with the cost function, it can be easily adapted