The normalized CES production function: theory and empirics
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- Rainer Klump & Peter McAdam & Alpo Willman, 2012. "The Normalized Ces Production Function: Theory And Empirics," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(5), pages 769-799, December.
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constant elasticity of substitution production function; estimation; factor-augmenting technical change; growth theory; identification; normalization;JEL classification:
- C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
- E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
- E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2011-03-05 (All new papers)
- NEP-HPE-2011-03-05 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
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