Specification and estimation of primal production models

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-518

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobb Douglas; Input distance function; Input requirement function; Production function; Translog

Indexed keywords

COBB-DOUGLAS; DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; ERROR TERMS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MODEL SPECIFICATIONS; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; PRODUCTION MODELS; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; RETURNS TO SCALE; SYSTEM APPROACH; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRANSLOG;

ELASTICITY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PROFITABILITY; SPECIFICATIONS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 81855161587     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.09.043     Document Type: Article

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