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A note on the Cobb-Douglas function

General Economics 2024-11-14 v1 Economics

Abstract

This note observes that the Cobb-Douglas function is uniquely characterized by the property that, if the labour share of cost for a constant-returns-to-scale firm remains constant when the firm minimizes its cost for any given output level, then the firm's production function must be Cobb-Douglas.

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@article{arxiv.2411.08067,
  title  = {A note on the Cobb-Douglas function},
  author = {Richard Vale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.08067},
  year   = {2024}
}

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2 pages

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