In this paper, we apply the aggregate production function to approximate the path of potential output. We use a time-varying NAIRU to derive the amount of potential labour and a newly developed measure of capital services to account for the productive impact of capital. In addition, trend total...

We calculate production functions for the key productive sectors of the Czech economy (agriculture, industry, etc.), exploring the growth-accounting approach and decomposition of total factor productivity (TFP) growth. We establish that the growth in real value added over the period 1996-2005...