Bar-Shira, Ziv; Finkelshtain, Israel; Simhon, Avi - In: Journal of Economic Growth 8 (2003) 3, pp. 301-23
This paper proposes a novel non-parametric methodology for comparing total factor productivity (TFP) across countries and over time. It develops the principle of revealed superiority along the lines of Samuelson's principle of revealed preferences. Specifically, we compare the aggregate actual...