Topics in Production Theory

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Modeling Production for General Equilibrium Analysis....Pages 1-12
Technical Progress and Structural Change in the Norwegian Primary Aluminum Industry....Pages 13-26
Neoclassical Modeling of Nonneutral Technological Change: An Experimental Appraisal....Pages 27-46
Feedback from Productivity Growth to R & D....Pages 47-57
The Measurement of Waste within the Production Sector of an Open Economy....Pages 59-79
The Structure of Technical Efficiency....Pages 81-90
Aggregating Quasi-fixed Factors....Pages 91-105
Aggregating Heterogeneous Capital Goods in Adjustment-cost Technologies....Pages 107-122
Dynamic Factor Demands under Rational Expectations....Pages 123-138
The Divisia Index of Technological Change, Path Independence and Endogenous Prices....Pages 139-147
On the Dynamics of Production under Cost Uncertainty....Pages 149-166
Production and Maintenance: Joint Activities of the Firm....Pages 167-182
Shiftwork and the Choice of Technique under Alternative Maximands....Pages 183-194
Vintage Production Models of U.K. Manufacturing Industry....Pages 195-210