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Verifying Curvature of Profit and Cost/Expenditure Functions

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  • David M. Mandy

    (Department of Economics, University of Missouri)

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Convexity or concavity of optimal value functions is sometimes checked by evaluating leading principal minors of the Hessian matrix. This practice is not justified by extant theorems about semidefinite matrices. A theorem is presented that justifies the practice and provides a relatively easy method of proving the relationship between semidefiniteness and principal minors.

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  • David M. Mandy, 2017. "Verifying Curvature of Profit and Cost/Expenditure Functions," Working Papers 1705, Department of Economics, University of Missouri.
    • Handle: RePEc:umc:wpaper:1705
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    Keywords

    Profit/Cost/Expenditure Function; Semidefinite Hessian; Principal Minors;
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    • C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics

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