The Dynamic Demand for Capital and Labor

S-Tier
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Year: 1986
Volume: 101
Issue: 3
Pages: 513-542

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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

Abstract

A model of the dynamically interrelated demand for capital and labor is specified and estimated. The estimates are of the first-order conditions of the firm's problem rather than of the closed-form decision rules. This use of the first-order conditions allows a random rate of return and a flexible specification of the technology. The estimates do not imply the very slow rates of adjustment displayed in other, related estimates of the demand for capital. Because adjustment is estimated to be rapid, there is, contrary to the standard view, scope for factor prices to affect investment at relatively high frequencies.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:qjecon:v:101:y:1986:i:3:p:513-542.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29