This phd contributes to the definition of efficiency measures and productivity indicator, in the microeconomic theory. It presents theoretical and empirical contributions. Firstly, this phd develops a review on standard measures of efficiency and productivity. It is shown that the directional...

This paper investigates the current state of growth accounting in China. The growing empirical literature on Chinese economic growth is based on several stylised facts which stress high but erratic long-term economic growth, strong accumulation of capital and rapid population growth. From these...

What have we learned about productivity in the past two decades? In this article, Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards reviews a recently published NBER volume entitled New Development in Productivity Analysis, edited by Charles R. Hulten, Edwin R. Dean, and Michael J....