Estimation of a Production Function for Philippine Retail Stores

The purpose of this paper is the estimation of a production function for retail stores in the Philippines. A generalized Cobb-Douglas production function is utilized for this purpose. Ordinary Least Squares is used in obtaining the coefficients for labor and capital. The results show that the margin...

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Main Author: Patalinghug Jason C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oikos Institute-Researh Center Bijeljina 2019-06-01
Series:ECONOMICS
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2019-0006
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is the estimation of a production function for retail stores in the Philippines. A generalized Cobb-Douglas production function is utilized for this purpose. Ordinary Least Squares is used in obtaining the coefficients for labor and capital. The results show that the marginal product of labor to be higher than the marginal product of capital and the hypothesis of constant returns to scale is not rejected.
ISSN:2303-5013