Computers and productivity: are aggregation effects important?

This article examines the empirical implications of aggregation bias when measuring the productive impact of computers. To isolate “aggregation in variables” and “aggregation in relations” problems, we compare production function estimates across specifications, econometric estimators, and data leve...

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Published in:	Economic Inquiry Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 42 - 60
Main Authors:	McGuckin, Robert H., Stiroh, Kevin J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell January 2002
Subjects:	Industrial productivity Computers in business Econometrics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost