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Internal Adjustment Costs of Firm-Specific Factors and the Neoclassical Theory of the Firm

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  • V.K. Chetty
  • James J. Heckman

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This paper considers the consequences of a two-sector vertically-integrated model of firms producing output using firm-specific capital with a second sector producing firm-specific capital by adapting raw capital purchased in the market. Analysts rarely observe each sector separately. Aggregating over both sectors produces short-run and long-run factor demand functions that appear to be perverse, but when disaggregated obey standard neoclassical properties. Adjustment costs create the appearance of static inefficiency in the presence of dynamic efficiency.

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  • V.K. Chetty & James J. Heckman, 2022. "Internal Adjustment Costs of Firm-Specific Factors and the Neoclassical Theory of the Firm," NBER Working Papers 30695, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30695
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    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • E13 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Neoclassical
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms

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