I. Production and Cost: One Variable Input 1. True/ False 1. If marginal product is decreasing, then average product must also be decreasing. 2. For a fixed-proportion technology, inputs cannot be ...

Arguably therefore, the production functions used in economic theory—whether spouted by mainstream Neoclassical or non-orthodox Post Keynesians—deserve to “collapse in deepest humiliation”.

We examine inconsistencies and controversies related to the use of CES production functions in growth models. First, we show that not all variants of CES functions commonly used are consistently ...

We add to the methods for conditioning out serially correlated unobserved shocks to the production technology. We build on ideas first developed in Olley and Pakes (1996). They show how to use ...