Elasticities of substitution and complementarity: A synthesis

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-196

  Bertoletti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasticity of substitution and complementarity; Homotheticity; Inverse demand; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044461252     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-005-4703-3     Document Type: Article

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