To make high-quality research more accessible and easier to explore.

Fields:

Estimation of the Cobb-Douglas Production Function

Econometrica 1975 43(4), 739
WE CONSIDER THE PROBLEM of estimating the coefficients of the Cobb-Douglas production function when observations are obtained from a cross section of firms. Under the assumptions that the firms operate in competitive markets and maximize actual profits, a stochastic model of production of the firms can be represented