Sequentiality Versus Simultaneity: Interrelated Factor Demand

49 Pages Posted: 13 Dec 2010

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Magne Krogstad Asphjell

Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration

Wilko H. Letterie

Maastricht School of Business and Economics; Maastricht University

Øivind Anti Nilsen

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute

Gerard A. Pfann

Maastricht University; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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Abstract

A structural model is developed and estimated by a maximum likelihood routine to investigate interrelated factor demand subject to nonconvex adjustment costs. The dataset concerns Norwegian plants operating in manufacturing industries and it covers the period 1993-2005. The estimates indicate that it is advantageous to adjust the stock of labour and capital simultaneously. The cost advantage of simultaneous changes is small for capital but is large for labour. The empirical results suggest that when estimating separate factor demand models the bias of parameter estimates is most severe in case of labour demand.

Keywords: factor demand, labour, capital, interrelation, nonconvex adjustment costs

JEL Classification: D92, E22, E24, J23, L60

Suggested Citation

Asphjell, Magne Krogstad and Letterie, Wilko H. and Nilsen, Oivind Anti and Pfann, Gerard Antonie, Sequentiality Versus Simultaneity: Interrelated Factor Demand. IZA Discussion Paper No. 5359, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1723997 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1723997

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