conceptual challenges in delineating what precisely qualifies as rent, intellectual or otherwise. In place of static conceptions … of rent and intellectual monopoly, we develop a dynamic framework for analyzing the processes of rentierization and …

This paper shows that, counter-intuitively, a higher elasticity of substitution in model production function can lead … to reduced economic resilience and larger vulnerability to shocks in production factor prices. This result is due to the … fact that assuming a higher elasticity of substitution requires a recalibration of the production function parameters to …

inventory behavior to include a detailed specification of the role of labor input in the production process and of the costs … production process and the definition of labor input as the product of employment and effective hours worked per worker. …

to the introduction and estimation of two-stage nested translog possibility production frontiers, the otherwise huge …

This paper examines the impact of demographic change on production today and in 2020. For the estimation a translog … production function is used. The results show a mostly divergent development. It is shown that there is a strong centre …

survey of his contributions is presented. The main focus in the paper is on his growth - production program constituting an …