Characterizing the Production Process: A Disaggregated Analysis of Italian Manufacturing Firms

Giulio Bottazzi, Marco Grazzi and Angelo Secchi

Rivista di Politica Economica, 2005, vol. 95, issue 1, 291-318

Abstract: This paper provides a description of the production process by comparing different frameworks in which to analyze the relations between inputs and output. The analyses are performed on a representative sample of Italian manufacturing firms. We employ both parametric and non-parametric analysis. The latter allows to detect the presence of heterogeneity in the way the production is carried out within each sector. Results of the parametric analysis show that coefficient esti­mates tend to be robust with respect to the different models employed.

JEL-codes: C1 L2 L6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (7)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.rivistapoliticaeconomica.it/2005/gen-feb/bottazzi.php
Payment required

Related works:
Working Paper: Characterizing the Production Process: A Disaggregated Analysis of Italian Manufacturing Firms (2004)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rpo:ripoec:v:95:y:2005:i:1:p:291-318

Access Statistics for this article

Rivista di Politica Economica is currently edited by Gustavo Piga

More articles in Rivista di Politica Economica from SIPI Spa
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sabrina Marino ().