A Translog Cost Function Analysis of U.S. Agriculture: 1948-1999

V. Eldon Ball, Richard F. Nehring, Charles Moss and Kenneth W. Erickson

No 35968, 2003 Annual Meeting, July 13-16, 2003, Denver, Colorado from Western Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This study examines the implications of the short-run specification of the standard, static translog cost function along with the possible implications of non-stationarity by estimating a dynamic translog cost specification complete with dynamic share equations for the U.S. using an empirical approach developed by Urga and Walters (2003). We compare the results of the static, long-run model with those of a dynamic, short-run error-correction model in terms of 1) significance of the parameter estimates, and 2) consistency with economic theory.

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Pages: 16
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.35968

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