R: Manufacturing Costs Data

ManufactCosts {AER} | R Documentation

## Manufacturing Costs Data

### Description

US time series data on prices and cost shares in manufacturing, 1947–1971.

### Usage

    data("ManufactCosts")

### Format

An annual multiple time series from 1947 to 1971 with 9 variables.

cost

  Cost index.

capitalcost

  Capital cost share.

laborcost

  Labor cost share.

energycost

  Energy cost share.

materialscost

  Materials cost share.

capitalprice

  Capital price.

laborprice

  Labor price.

energyprice

  Energy price.

materialsprice

  Materials price.

### Source

Online complements to Greene (2003).

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~wgreene/Text/tables/tablelist5.htm

### References

Berndt, E. and Wood, D. (1975). Technology, Prices, and the Derived Demand for Energy. Review of Economics and Statistics, 57, 376–384.

Greene, W.H. (2003). Econometric Analysis, 5th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

### See Also

`Greene2003`

### Examples

    data("ManufactCosts")
    plot(ManufactCosts)

[Package AER version 1.2-5 Index]