Abstract
Mosti growth models are based either on the assumption of fixed production coefficients for labour and capital or on the assumption of substitutability between factors. The present paper proposes a hypothesis which is a compromise between these extremes, viz., that any increment in production can be obtained by different combinations of increments in labour and capital inputs, whereas any piece of capital which is already installed will continue to be operated by a constant amount of labour throughout its life span. First, a general is presented. Next, the model is solved in different special cases. In conclusion it is suggested that the proposed hypothesis would be particularly appropriate in studying the introduction of new techniques and therelationship between population growth, the rate of saving and structural unemployment.
Keywords
Substitution (logic)EconomicsProduction (economics)Fixed effects modelMathematicsMathematical economicsEconometricsPanel dataMicroeconomicsComputer science
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- 1959
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- article
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- 27
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 157-157
- Citations
- 485
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Leif Johansen
(1959).
Substitution versus Fixed Production Coefficients in the Theory of Economic Growth: A Synthesis.
Econometrica
, 27
(2)
, 157-157.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1909440
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- DOI
- 10.2307/1909440