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The Elasticity of Substitution and the Limiting Behavior of Marginal Products.

Petith, H. - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 1996

A two factor production function with a variable elasticity of substitution is considered. The note describes the relation between the elasticity and the behavior of the marginal products and the output per unit input as the factor ratio approaches zero or infinity.

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Optimal information transmission in organizations: Search and congestion

Arenas, Àlex; Cabrales, Antonio; Díaz-Guilera, Albert; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003

We propose a stylized model of a problem-solving organization whose internal communication structure is given by a fixed network. Problems arrive randomly anywhere in this network and must find their way to their respective “specialized solvers” by relying on local information alone. The...

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Endogenous Stackelberg Leadership or Price Competition Under Capacity Constraint with Endogenous Entry.

Bergman, M.A. - Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems - 1995

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Productivity Growth and Efficiency Change in Malaysian Manufacturing: Recent Evidence from Disaggregated Data

Wadud, I.K.M. Mokhtarul - Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law, School … - 2007

This paper estimates productivity growth in Malaysian manufacturing over the period 1983-1999. Malmquist productivity … productivity growth sourced from efficiency change and growth in technology. Unlike previous studies, this study identifies the … sources of productivity growth in Malaysian manufacturing industries at the five digit breakdown of Malaysian Standard …

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Towards a Political Economy of the Hunters and Gatherers: A Study in Historical Materialism

Hagendorf, Klaus - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

wages, rent and profit, is resolved. It is shown that far from being limited to the ancient form of society of the hunter …

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Fixed Cost, Imperfect Competition and Bias in Technology Measurement: Japan and The United States

Nishimura, Kiyohiko G.; Shirai, Masato - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

In many industries, competition is far from perfect and managerial efficiency (or a fixed cost) varies among firms. However, traditional measurement of technological progress assumes perfect competition and no fixed cost. This paper incorporates these two factors in the technological-progress...

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Adjustment costs and the identification of Cobb Douglas production functions

Bond, Steve; Söderbom, Måns - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2005

Cobb Douglas production function parameters are not identified from cross-section variation when inputs are perfectly flexible and chosen optimally, and input prices are common to all firms. We consider the role of adjustment costs for inputs in identifying these parameters in this context. The...

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Monotone Treatment Response.

Manski, C.F. - Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems - 1996

This paper investigates what mey be learned about treatment effects when it is assumed that responses functions are monotone, semi- monotone, or concave-monotone.

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A CES Indirect Production Function.

Jovanovic, B. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1996

This paper derives an indirect production function that is, in a special case, of a constant elasticity of substitution form. This is not a contribution to the theory of aggregation generally. Instead it is a microfoundation for a specific but popular production function -- the CES-- that helps...

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FACTORII CU IMPACT ASUPRA POTENŢIALULUI PRODUCTIV AL ÎNTREPRINDERII

ANASTASE, Ileana - In: Management Intercultural (2013) 27, pp. 5-14

The paper enumeratesthe factors that determinethe production potentialof the company, points out the referencesto theopinionsofeconomicexpertsin terms of productive investment. The criteria are"inferred" and economically interpreted. Decision making isbased oninitial information,ona number...

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