Endogenous depreciation, mismeasurement of aggregate capital, and the productivity slowdown

被引:5
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作者
Mukoyama, Toshihiko [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Virginia, Dept Econ, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA
[2] CIREQ, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA
关键词
endogenous depreciation; vintage capital model; investment-specific technological change; productivity slowdown;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmacro.2006.04.001
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
When we allow capital depreciation to be endogenous, the acceleration of investment-specific technological progress can distort the measurement of the aggregate capital stock. Our quantitative exercise shows that this effect may cause a substantial bias in the measurement of total factor productivity and can account for a large portion of the observed productivity slowdown since the 1970s. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:513 / 522
页数:10
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