Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52067 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5359
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A structural model is developed and estimated by a maximum likelihood routine to investigate interrelated factor demand subject to nonconvex adjustment costs. The dataset concerns Norwegian plants operating in manufacturing industries and it covers the period 1993-2005. The estimates indicate that it is advantageous to adjust the stock of labour and capital simultaneously. The cost advantage of simultaneous changes is small for capital but is large for labour. The empirical results suggest that when estimating separate factor demand models the bias of parameter estimates is most severe in case of labour demand.
Subjects: 
factor demand
labour
capital
interrelation
nonconvex adjustment costs
JEL: 
D92
E22
E24
J23
L60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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