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Abstract

The relationship between the main production factors in an economy is, along with their levels, one of the determinants of economic growth. Currently there are still few empirical studies which have examined how these factors relate to each other and how that relationship affects the productivity growth in different territories. This paper considers a production function obtained by the product of the total factor productivity and the total factor input. The total factor input is given by a translog function of four factors of production, allowing greater flexibility to the estimated function. The parameters of the estimated function allows an interpretation in terms of the possible complementarity or substitutability between factors as well as the existence of increasing or decreasing returns to the factors considered. Also, the elasticity of the marginal product of each factor relative to other factors, and compared to the same factor, is calculated in order to analyze the relationships between these factors. How these relationships affect productivity growth in the Spanish provinces is estimated at the period from 1985 to 2008.

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Title
Elasticidad del producto marginal de los factores productivos para las provincias españolas. Estimación a partir de una función translog/Marginal product elasticity of productive factors. a translog function estimate for spanish provinces
Author
Gil-Delgado, María del Pópulo Pablo-Romero; Valdés, María de la Palma Gómez-Calero; Gutiérrez, Gema Cerro
Pages
125-144
Section
Sección ARTÍCULOS
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Investigaciones Regionales
ISSN
16957253
e-ISSN
23402717
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1529948646
Copyright
Copyright Investigaciones Regionales 2014