The use-make framework and the derivation of functional forms in production theory

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2019

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ten Raa, M.H.ISNI 0000000116587115

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Abstract

The use–make framework is employed to explain functional forms in production theory, including Cobb–Douglas and Leontief. Productivity and efficiency are interrelated by augmenting the framework with a linear program that determines the frontier output.

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use-make framework, productivity, efficiency, functional forms, A Journal

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ten Raa, M H 2019, 'The use-make framework and the derivation of functional forms in production theory', Economic Systems Research, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2018.1431205