Multifactor Productivity Growth Cycles at the Industry Level

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This paper by Paula Barnes was released on 21 July 2011.

Preliminaries (PDF - 92 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Preface and Abbreviations
Overview - including key points (PDF - 246 Kb)
Chapter 1 Introduction and background (PDF - 39 Kb)
1.1    Background
1.2    Objectives
1.3    The rest of the paper
Chapter 2 Methodology and data (PDF - 265 Kb)
2.1 Methodology for identifying MFP cycles
2.2 Industry MFP data and its properties
Chapter 3 Industry MFP growth cycles (PDF - 387 Kb)
3.1    MFP growth cycles for the market sector
3.2    Industry MFP growth cycles identified
3.3    A closer look at industry MFP growth cycles
Chapter 4 Implications for analysis of industry MFP growth (PDF - 364 Kb)
4.1 Comparison of average annual growth in industry MFP over industry cycles and market sector cycles
4.2 Conclusions
Appendix A Additional details about data, methodology and results (PDF - 340 Kb)
References (PDF - 15 Kb)

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