AN EXAMINATION OF THE EMPIRICAL PROPERTIES OF DUALITY BETWEEN THE RESTRICTED PROFIT, UNRESTRICTED PROFIT, AND PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS

Jayson Lusk, Abdullahi Abdulkadri and Allen Featherstone

No 21718, 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This research examines the empirical properties of duality theory. A comparison of the Hessian matrices calculated from the normalized unrestricted and restricted profit, and production functions indicate that duality is highly sensitive to measurement error and relative price variability.

Keywords: duality; restricted and unrestricted profit functions; Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.21718

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