Australia's mining productivity paradox: implications for MFP measurement

This paper investigates the mining industry's poor productivity performance as measured by the conventional multifactor productivity (MFP) index during the recent mining boom in Australia. We derive a relationship between the measured and 'true' MFP growth that separates the effects o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zheng, S., Bloch, Harry
Format: Working Paper
Published: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36907