Published in:The Canadian Productivity Review, Catalogue ; No. 15-206-XIE, No. 009, 2007
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (53 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.1507796
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 4, 2007 erstellt
Description:
This paper examines the effects of alternative specifications of the user costs of capital on the estimated price and volume indices of capital services. It asks how sensitive the results are to the use of exogenous versus endogenous rates of return, to alternate ways of including capital gains, and to whether corrections are made for tax rates. The paper also examines the effect of the various user cost formulae on the measured multifactor productivity growth