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La función de producción Cobb-Douglas en el Ecuador

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  • Briones Mendoza, Xavier Fernando

    (Universidad Laica loy Alfaro de Manabí)

  • Molero Oliva, Leobaldo Enrique

    (Universidad de Zulia)

  • Calderón Zamora, Oscar Xavier

    (Universidad Laica loy Alfaro de Manabí)

Abstract

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es analizar el comportamiento de la elasticidad del producto ante cambios en los dos factores de producción: capital y trabajo, en una función de producción con rendimientos constantes a escala. Para ello, se discute el marco teórico de acuerdo a la revisión bibliográfica efectuada y mediante algunos modelos econométricos se estima una función con propiedades neoclásicas como la función Cobb-Douglas para el caso del Ecuador en el período 1950-2014. En el modelo teórico la elasticidad es otra forma de presentar las participaciones de cada insumo dentro del producto, y en competencia perfecta son iguales a las remuneraciones recibidas en la distribución del ingreso. Las estimaciones efectuadas arrojan resultados que indican una participación del capital dentro del producto que oscila entre 0,60 y 0,70, es decir, esto es la elasticidad del producto respecto al capital, según varias regresiones a corto y a largo plazo de la función de producción agregada e intensiva. Los resultados hallados coinciden con las estimaciones disponibles para un amplio grupo de países en vía de desarrollo.

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  • Briones Mendoza, Xavier Fernando & Molero Oliva, Leobaldo Enrique & Calderón Zamora, Oscar Xavier, 2018. "La función de producción Cobb-Douglas en el Ecuador," Revista Tendencias, Universidad de Narino, vol. 19(2), pages 45-73, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000520:018733
    DOI: 10.22267/rtend.181902.97
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    Keywords

    función de producción; rendimientos constantes a escala; elasticidad del producto; función Cobb-Douglas; Ecuador;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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