Sequentiality Versus Simultaneity: Interrelated Factor Demand

A-Tier
Journal: Review of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2014
Volume: 96
Issue: 5
Pages: 986-998

Authors (4)

Magne K. Asphjell (not in RePEc) Wilko Letterie (Maastricht University) Øivind A. Nilsen (Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)) Gerard A. Pfann (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Firms may adjust capital and labor sequentially or simultaneously. In this paper, we develop a structural model of interrelated factor demand subject to nonconvex adjustment costs and estimated by simulated method of moments. Based on Norwegian manufacturing industry plant-level data, parameter estimates reveal cost advantages for adjusting capital and making net changes in labor simultaneously. Factor demand models with fully specified interrelated adjustment costs structures perform best to describe the dynamic panel data.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:tpr:restat:v:96:y:2014:i:5:p:986-998
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25