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Consumption time in household production: Implications for the goods-time elasticity of substitution

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  • Baral, Ranju
  • Davis, George C.
  • You, Wen

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Under some reasonable assumptions, we show analytically that the goods-time elasticity of substitution will be greater if consumption time is not included as an input. An empirical example with food production is consistent with this result.

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  • Baral, Ranju & Davis, George C. & You, Wen, 2011. "Consumption time in household production: Implications for the goods-time elasticity of substitution," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 112(2), pages 138-140, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:112:y:2011:i:2:p:138-140
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