type="main" xml:lang="es" <title type="main">Resumen</title> <p>En este artículo estimamos primero la totalidad de las productividades de los factores específicos de la empresa para industrias manufactureras de dos dígitos, por medio de un algoritmo semi-paramétrico y microdatos para el período 2000–2007. A...</p>

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