Download or read book Death to the Cobb Douglas Production Function a Quantitative Survey of the Capital labor Substitution Elasticity written by Sebastian Gechert and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Death to the Cobb Douglas Production Function written by Sebastian Gechert and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We show that the large elasticity of substitution between capital and labor estimated in the literature on average, 0.9, can be explained by three factors: publication bias, use of aggregated data, and omission of the first-order condition for capital. The mean elasticity conditional on the absence of publication bias, disaggregated data, and inclusion of informa- tion from the first-order condition for capital is 0.3. To obtain this result, we collect 3,186 estimates of the elasticity reported in 121 studies, codify 71 variables that reflect the context in which researchers produce their estimates, and address model uncertainty by Bayesian and frequentist model averaging. We employ nonlinear techniques to correct for publication bias, which is responsible for at least half of the overall reduction in the mean elasticity from 0.9 to 0.3. Our findings also suggest that a failure to normalize the production function leads to a substantial upward bias in the estimated elasticity. The weight of evidence accumulated in the empirical literature emphatically rejects the Cobb-Douglas specification.
Download or read book Complexity Economics written by Olivér Kovács and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our socio–economic innovation ecosystem is riddled with ever-increasing complexity, as we are faced with more frequent and intense shocks, such as COVID-19. Unfortunately, addressing complexity requires a different kind of economic governance. There is increasing pressure on economics to not only going beyond its traditional mainstream boundaries but also to tackle real-world problems, such as fostering structural change, enhancing sustained growth, promoting inclusive development in the era of the digital economy, and boosting green growth, while addressing the divide between the financial sector and the real economy. This book demonstrates how to apply complexity science to economics in an effective and instructive way, in the interest of life-enhancing policies. The book revolves around the non-negligible problem of why economics, to date, seems to be inadequate in guiding economic governance to navigate through real and ever-intensifying complex socio–economic and environmental challenges. With its interdisciplinary approach, the book scans the nuanced nexus between complexity and economics by incorporating, as well as transcending, the state-of-the-art literature. It identifies ways to trigger opportunities for behavioural change in the economic profession with respect to how and what to teach, introducing and developing further complexity economics taking into account the configuration of its main principles and outlining the silhouette of next-generation economic governance. The book deciphers recommendations for economic theory, practice, education and economic governance. It will be of interest to students, scholars, academics, think-tank researchers and economic policy practitioners at the national and/or supranational levels.
Download or read book Measuring Capital labor Substitution written by Sebastian Gechert and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We show that the large elasticity of substitution between capital and labor estimated in the literature on average, 0.9, can be explained by three issues: publication bias, use of cross-country variation, and omission of the first-order condition for capital. The mean elasticity conditional on the absence of these issues is 0.3. To obtain this result, we collect 3,186 estimates of the elasticity reported in 121 studies, codify 71 variables that reflect the context in which researchers produce their estimates, and address model uncertainty by Bayesian and frequentist model averaging. We employ nonlinear techniques to correct for publication bias, which is responsible for at least half of the overall reduction in the mean elasticity from 0.9 to 0.3. Our findings also suggest that a failure to normalize the production function leads to a substantial upward bias in the estimated elasticity. The weight of evidence accumulated in the empirical literature emphatically rejects the Cobb-Douglas specification.
Download or read book The Elasticity of Substitution Between Capital and Labour in the Us Economy written by Michael Knoblach and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite extensive research, there is no agreement on the value of the elasticity of substitution between capital and labour at the aggregate or the industrial level. Utilizing 2,419 estimates from 77 studies published between 1961 and 2017, this paper provides the first meta-regression analysis for the US economy. We show that the heterogeneity in previously reported estimates is driven primarily by modelling decisions for technological dynamics. Throughout the analysis, the hypothesis of a Cobb-Douglas production function is rejected. Based on our meta-regression sample, we estimate a long-run meta-elasticity for the aggregate economy in the range of 0.45-0.87. Most industrial estimates do not deviate significantly from the estimate for the aggregate economy.
Download or read book A Note on Alternative Estimates of Capital labor Substitution in Developing Economies written by Kyu Sik Lee and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Capital Labor Substitution and Equilibrium Indeterminacy written by Jang-Ting Guo and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empirical evidence indicates that the elasticity of capital-labor substitution for the aggregate U.S. economy is below unity. In contrast, the existing indeterminacy literature has mostly restricted attention to a Cobb-Douglas production function which assumes a higher substitution elasticity than is implied by the data. This short paper examines the quantitative relationship between capital-labor substitution and the conditions needed for equilibrium indeterminacy (and belief-driven fluctuations) in a plausibly-calibrated, one-sector growth model. We find that capital-labor substitution has little quantitative impact on the threshold degree of increasing returns for local indeterminacy. Our results suggest that the Cobb-Douglas specification is a satisfactory approximation for local indeterminacy analysis.
Download or read book An Estimation of Industry Level Capital Labor Substitution Elasticities for U S Production written by Edward J. Balistreri and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A key parameter that determines the distributional impacts of a policy shift in general equilibrium simulations is the elasticity of substitution between capital and labor. Using a rich new data set by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, we estimate substitution elasticities for 28 industries and provide an indication of the long- and short-run estimates. Given the structure of most growth models, we posit that the relationship between capital and labor is likely to be close to Cobb-Douglas. Our findings lend support to the Cobb-Douglas specification as a transparent starting point in simulation analysis.
Download or read book Substitution Among Labor Labor and Capital in United States Manufacturing written by James Howard Grant and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Is Canada s Aggregate Production Function Cobb Douglas written by Haitao Xiang and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Constant Elasticity of Substitution Production Function and Its Application in Research written by Marlen Frederick Miller and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Cross country Estimation of the Elasticity of Substitution Between Labor and Capital in Manufacturing Industries written by Sebastian Claro and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cobb Douglas CES and VES Production Functions and the Elasticity of Substitution Between Labour and Capital written by Erkin Bairam and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Empirical Studies of Input Substitutability in Production written by Diane Erickson Reedy and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes on the Cobb Douglas and the Constant Elasticity of Substitution Production Functions written by Daniel Shefer and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wages as Related to the Capital labor Input Ratio for Cobb Douglas Production Functions written by William D. White and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factor Shares the Price Markup and the Elasticity of Substitution Between Capital and Labor written by Xavier Raurich-Puigdevall and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a Walrasian labor market, the labor income share is constant under the assumptions of a Cobb-Douglas production function and perfect competition. Given the observed decline of the labor share in recent decades, this paper relaxes these assumptions, proposes a time-series calculation of the aggregate price mark-up reflecting the degree of imperfect competition in the product market, and provides estimates of the elasticity of substitution under such product market imperfections. We focus on Spain and the U.S. and show that the elasticity of substitution is above one in Spain and below one in the U.S. We also show that the price markup drives the elasticity of substitution away from one, upwards in Spain, downwards in the U.S. These results are used to explain the declining path of the labor income share, common to both economies, and their contrasted patterns in terms of capital deepening. -- elasticity of substitution ; price markup ; factor shares ; capital deepening
