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Multi-Output Production and Duality: Theory and Applications - Rilegato

Primont, Daniel; Färe, Rolf

 
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Our original reason for writing this book was the desire to write down in one place a complete summary of the major results in du­ ality theory pioneered by Ronald W. Shephard in three of his books, Cost and Production Functions (1953), Theory of Cost and Produc­ tion Functions (1970), and Indirect Production Functions (1974). In this way, newcomers to the field would have easy access to these important ideas. In adg,ition, we report a few new results of our own. In particular, we show the duality relationship between the profit function and the eight equivalent representations of technol­ ogy that were elucidated by Shephard. However, in planning the book and discussing it with colleagues it became evident that such a book would be more useful if it also provided a number of applications of Shephard's duality theory to economic problems. Thus, we have also attempted to present exam­ ples of the use of duality theory in areas such as efficiency measure­ ment, index number theory, shadow pricing, cost-benefit analysis, and econometric estimation. Much of our thinking about duality theory and its uses has been influenced by our present and former collaborators. They include Charles Blackorby, Shawna Grosskopf, Knox Lovell, Robert Russell, and, not surprisingly, Ronald W. Shephard. We have also benefit­ ted over the years from many discussions with W. Erwin Diewert.

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List of Figures. Preface. 1. Theories of the Firm through Duality. 2. Distance Functions. 3. Cost and Revenue Functions. 4. Indirect Distance Functions. 5. Indirect Cost and Revenue Functions. 6. The Profit Function. 7. Towards Empirical Applications. References. Subject Index. Author Index.

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Book by Fre Rolf Primont Daniel

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9789401042840: Multi-Output Production and Duality: Theory and Applications

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ISBN 10:  9401042845 ISBN 13:  9789401042840
Casa editrice: Springer, 2013
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