1st Edition

Three Essays on Productivity (RLE: Business Cycles) The Impacts of Profitability, Business Cycles and the Capital Stock on Productivity

By Mark J. Lasky Copyright 1994
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

The behaviour of US productivity since this book was originally publishedin 1994, has added new relevance to the relationship between profits and productivity. In the long run, productivity growth determines the economic standard of living. This book is divided into three parts: the basis of the first is the empirical finding that, controlling for normal business cycle effects, productivity grows... Read more

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Biography

Mark J. Lasky