Estimating economies of scope using the profit function: A dual approach for the normalized quadratic profit function

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 100
Issue: 3
Pages: 418-421

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Abstract

Theoretical relationships between parameters of the normalized quadratic profit and cost functions are derived allowing for economies of scope to be calculated using profit function estimates. An empirical example confirms that the cost function is recovered using the estimated profit function.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:3:p:418-421
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25