Macroeconomics
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Author: ABEL, Andrew B., BERNANKE, Ben, CROUSHORE, Dean Darrell
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Chapter 3, Problem 1NP
(a)
To determine
Percentage change in total factor productivity between given years.
(b)
To determine
Marginal product of labor between 1960 and 2010.
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