The marginal products of residential and non-residential capital through 2009
By: Casey B. Mulligan, Luke Threinen
Contributors: Threinen, Luke; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 15897; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 15897.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "Estimates of the marginal product of capital can help forecast economic growth, test competing business cycle theories, and perform cost-benefit analysis.  This paper presents annual and quarterly estimates of the marginal product of capital in the U.S.  separately for the residential and non-residential sectors.  The two sectors had positively correlated marginal products until the 2000s, when the residential marginal product fell during the housing boom, and rose during the housing bust.  By the end of 2009, the residential MPK was back to the level of the 1990s.  Although off its lows, the non-residential MPK is still below its historical average"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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