Holden, Darryl R; Nairn, Alasdair G M; Swales, J K - In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 51 (1989) 1, pp. 15-34
This paper attempts to identify the circumstances in which the shift-share technique will successfully achieve the claims commonly made on its behalf. It is suggested that these circumstances are restrictive given the relevant economic theory. These problems seem to be especially severe when the...