@techreport{NBERw5348,
 title = "The Discovery of the Residual: An Historical Note",
 author = "Zvi Griliches",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "5348",
 year = "1995",
 month = "November",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w5348",
 abstract = {This note reviews the history of the 'residual,' from its earliest articulation in Copeland (1937) to its codification in Solow (1957), describing the various earlier contributions by Tinbergen, Stigler, Schmookler, Fabricant, Kendrick, Abramovitz and others.},
}