Sequentiality versus Simultaneity: Interrelated Factor Demand

Magne Krogstad Asphjell (magne.asphjell@nhh.no), Wilko Letterie, Øivind Nilsen and Gerard Pfann
Additional contact information
Magne Krogstad Asphjell: Norwegian School of Economics

No 5359, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: A structural model is developed and estimated by a maximum likelihood routine to investigate interrelated factor demand subject to nonconvex adjustment costs. The dataset concerns Norwegian plants operating in manufacturing industries and it covers the period 1993-2005. The estimates indicate that it is advantageous to adjust the stock of labour and capital simultaneously. The cost advantage of simultaneous changes is small for capital but is large for labour. The empirical results suggest that when estimating separate factor demand models the bias of parameter estimates is most severe in case of labour demand.

Keywords: nonconvex adjustment costs; interrelation; capital; labour; factor demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D92 E22 E24 J23 L60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2010-12
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (10)

Published - revised version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96 (5), 986-998

Downloads: (external link)
https://docs.iza.org/dp5359.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Sequentiality Versus Simultaneity: Interrelated Factor Demand (2014)
Working Paper: Sequentiality versus Simultaneity: Interrelated Factor Demand (2010)
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:iza:izadps:dp5359

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
IZA, Margard Ody, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany
library@iza.org

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) IZA, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Holger Hinte (hinte@iza.org).