Applied Production Analysis: A Dual Approach

ISBN-13: 9780521314275 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 348 str.

Robert G. Chambers

Opis

This book contains a modern treatment of production economics from a dual perspective, with a special emphasis on recent developments in the field. The book prepares the reader to apply the tools and concepts of the dual approach production economics to real world problems and data sets. Among other topics covered are flexible function forms, aggregation across inputs and outputs using the theory of separable structures, aggregation over economic optimizing firms, the representation of multioutput technologies, and the analysis and measurement of technical change from both a primal and dual perspective.

Spis treści

List of figures; Preface; Notation; Introduction; 1. The production function; 2. Cost functions; 3. Structure of cost functions and short-run cost functions; 4. The profit function; 5. Flexible forms and aggregation; 6. Technical change and its measurement; 7. Multioutput technologies; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.