Oulton, Nicholas 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1595-7732
(1995)
Depreciation, obsolescence and the role of capital in growth accounting.
Bulletin of Economic Research, 47 (1).
pp. 21-33.
ISSN 0307-3378
Abstract
Maurice Scott has argued that the neoclassical production function and growth accounting are fundamentally flawed as tools for understanding the growth process. If the role of capital were correctly evaluated, then (he argues) the famous ‘residual’ of growth accounting would disappear. Contrary to these claims, this paper seeks to show that growth accounting gives correct answers to interesting questions, even when all technical progress is embodied in new capital goods and even when depreciation is entirely due to obsolescence.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678586 |
| Additional Information: | © 1995 John Wiley & Sons |
| Divisions: | Centre for Macroeconomics |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2020 20:54 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 02:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107124 |
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