Testing the Stochastic Structure of Production: A Flexible Moment-Based Approach
检验生产的随机结构:一种灵活的矩方法
Conventional production function specifications are shown to impose restrictions on the probability distribution of output that cannot be tested with the conventional models. These restrictions have important implications for firm behavior under uncertainty. A flexible representation of a firm's stochastic technology is developed based on the moments of the probability distribution of output. These moments are a unique representation of the technology and are functions of…