We contribute to the study of the conceptualization and measurement of the rate of profit of the financial and nonfinancial sectors. We assemble a new data set for the US economy to construct measures of the profit rate for each sector: the return on equity, the return on assets, and the...

We contribute to the study of the conceptualization and measurement of the rate of profit of the financial and nonfinancial sectors. We assemble a new data set for the US economy to construct measures of the profit rate for each sector: the return on equity, the return on assets, and the...

Spanish Abstract: Este trabajo revisa la discusión sobre el método más adecuado para calcular la productividad. Toma en cuenta la productividad total de los factores, la productividad del capital y la productividad laboral, así como sus interpretaciones, alcances y relaciones. Además,...