TESTING HYPOTHESES OF FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE - SOME RULES FOR DETERMINING FLEXIBILITY OF RESTRICTED PRODUCTION MODELS

被引:10
作者
DRISCOLL, P [1 ]
MCGUIRK, A [1 ]
ALWANG, J [1 ]
机构
[1] VIRGINIA POLYTECH INST & STATE UNIV,DEPT AGR ECON & STAT,BLACKSBURG,VA 24061
关键词
FLEXIBLE FUNCTIONAL FORMS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;
D O I
10.2307/1242994
中图分类号
F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要
Rules are proposed to help determine whether a production function maintains flexibility under parametric restrictions required to impose homogeneity, homotheticity, and forms of separability. After imposing restrictions and applying the rules, many second-order "flexible" forms are found to be more inflexible than formerly believed.
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页码:100 / 108
页数:9
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