The Discovery of the Residual: An Historical Note
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.
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Journal of Economic Literature 34(3), Sept.1996, pp.1324-1330. citation courtesy of