 Hicks neutrality and homotheticity in technologies with multiple inputs and multiple outputsRolf Färe, Hideyuki Mizobuchi and Valentin Zelenyuk Omega, 2021, vol. 101, issue C Abstract: We analyze 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 α-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: Hicks neutrality; Hicks input neutrality; Hicks output neutrality; Homotheticity; Input homotheticity; Output homotheticity; Inverse homotheticity; α-returns to scale technology; Malmquist productivity index; Hicks-Moorsteen productivity index (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jomega:v:101:y:2021:i:c:s0305048319312472 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2020.102240 Access Statistics for this article Omega is currently edited by B. Lev More articles in Omega from Elsevier |
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