01677cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006415 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451982787 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Cherif, Reda. Development Accounting and the Rise of TFP / Reda Cherif, Rabah Arezki. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper presents evidence that the contribution of differences in total factor productivity (TFP) to income differences across countries steadily increased between 1970 and 2000. We verify that our finding is neither imputable to measurement errors in input factors nor dependent on the assumption of factor neutral differences in technology. We conclude that theories explaining cross-country income differences based on institutions or on forces that are constant over time, such as geography or legal origin, should be reconsidered in the light of their consistency with the rise of the explanatory power of TFP. Mode of access: Internet Arezki, Rabah. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/101 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/101/001.2010.issue-101-en.xml IMF e-Library