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A Note on the Measurement of Capital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

H. A. John Green*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Notes and Memoranda
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Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association 1962

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3 Any number proportional to the value of the expression (4) will serve equally well.

4 It may reasonably be assumed that α ≦ 1, so tha t capital goods do not become more productive with age. If in addition the rate of interest is assumed positive, so that β < 1, it follows that αβ < 1. Then a piece of equipment with a yield of xr t in the current period has a capital value which is finite and equal to:

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