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Functional Separability and Elasticities of Complementarity

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This paper presents an alternative characterization of separability based on elasticities of complementarity. Earlier studies have formulated separability restrictions in terms of the Allen elasticities of substitution. The Hicks and Antonelli elasticities of complementarity are presented to examine separability of production (utility) and distance functions. Whereas the Allen elasticities of substitution are valid under homothetic separability, the Hicks elasticities of complementarity are a universally relevant measure of separability for the production (utility) function. Separability of meat commodities is tested using the Antonelli elasticities with the consumer's preferences specified with the distance function. Copyright 1997, Oxford University Press.

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  • H. Youn Kim, 1997. "Functional Separability and Elasticities of Complementarity," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 79(4), pages 1177-1181.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:79:y:1997:i:4:p:1177-1181
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    1. Daniele Moro & Paolo Sckokai, 2002. "Functional separability within a quadratic inverse demand system," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(3), pages 285-293.
    2. Moro, Daniele & Sckokai, Paolo, 1999. "A Quadratic Inverse Demand System," 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN 21560, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    3. Fousekis, Panos & Revell, Brian J., 2002. "Primary Demand for Red Meats in the United Kingdom," Cahiers d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales (CESR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), vol. 63.
    4. Panos Fousekis & Giannis Karagiannis, 2001. "Wholesale level demand for fish grades in Greece," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(7), pages 479-482.
    5. Giannis Karagiannis & Peter Midmore & Vangelis Tzouvelekas, 2002. "Parametric Decomposition of Output Growth," Working Papers 0204, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
    6. Toshinobu Matsuda, 2007. "Linearizing the inverse quadratic almost ideal demand system," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(3), pages 381-396.
    7. Karagiannis, Giannis & Midmore, Peter & Tzouvelekas, Vangelis, 2002. "Parametric Decomposition of Output Growth: An Input-Distance Function Approach," 2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain 24972, European Association of Agricultural Economists.

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