Hicks Neutrality and Homotheticity in Technologies with Multiple Inputs and Multiple Outputs

Rolf Färe (), Hideyuki Mizobuchi () and Valentin Zelenyuk
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Rolf Färe: Department of Economics, Oregon State University and Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, USA
Hideyuki Mizobuchi: School of Economics and Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEPA) at The University of Queensland, Australia

No WP092019, CEPA Working Papers Series from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: We analyse two popular notions in production theory: the notion of Hicks neutral technical change and the notion of homothetic technology. Both of these notions are characterized by the radial expansions or contractions of the relevant isoquants, yet in different ways. In the case of multiple-input and multiple-output, an isoquant is characterized by either the input or output combinations. Thus, for each of these notions, there are two types of conditions: one is based on the input isoquants and the other is based on the output isoquants. We show that for each notion, these two conditions are equivalent under the ð ›¼-returns to scale technology. From this result, we also derive several implications for the properties of well-known productivity indexes, such as the Malmquist productivity index and the Hicks-Moorsteen productivity index.

Keywords: homotheticity; input homotheticity; output homotheticity; inverse homotheticity; ð ›¼-returns to scale technology; Malmquist productivity index; Hicks-Moorsteen productivity index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 D24 L11 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-07
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Journal Article: Hicks neutrality and homotheticity in technologies with multiple inputs and multiple outputs (2021)
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