Production Function Estimation: Reviving the Primal
生产函数估计:重拾原始形式的直接估计
MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE ESTIMATION of production functions is related to the fact that inputs may be endogenous and therefore direct estimators of the production functions may be inconsistent. One way to overcome this problem has been to apply the concept of duality. The purpose of this note is to point out that estimates based on duality, unlike direct estimators of the production function, do not utilize all the available information and therefore are statistically…