Nonparametric Dynamic Production Analysis and the Theory of Cost

Elvira Silva and Spiro Stefanou

Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2003, vol. 19, issue 1, 5-32

Abstract: While the dynamic theory of production provides little insight towards identifying a specific functional form for the firm's technology, dynamic production analysis has been explored traditionally in a parametric framework. A nonparametric dynamic dual cost approach to production analysis is developed in this article. Recovering technological information from intertemporal cost minimizing behavior is possible without imposing a parametric functional form on the firm's technology. Nonparametric tests to analyze the structure of a dynamic technology are presented from a dynamic cost minimizing perspective. The empirical implementation of these tests is illustrated for a balanced panel data set of Pennsylvania dairy operators during the time period 1986–1992. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003

Keywords: dynamic cost approach; nonparametric production analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1021865018717

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