Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52108 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5881
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we explore the impact of imperfectly competitive input markets on production function estimation. First order profit maximizing conditions are altered when frictions in input markets cause the elasticity of input supply to the firm to be finite. A consequence of this is that the standard econometric model used for production function estimation will be misspecified. We prove that, in all non trivial cases, finite elasticities of supply to the firm will lead to inconsistent estimates of production function parameters. Monte Carlo simulations show that the resulting bias can be economically significant.
Subjects: 
input market frictions
labor market frictions
estimation of factor demand
JEL: 
D2
J42
J23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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