Fixed-Effect Estimation of Highly-Mobile Production Technologies

Author(s)/Creator(s)

William C. Horrace, Syracuse UniversityFollow
Kurt E. Schnier, Georgia State University

Description/Abstract

We consider fixed-effect estimation of a production function where inputs and outputs vary over time, space, and cross-sectional unit. Variability in the spatial dimension allows for time-varying individual effects, without parametric assumptions on the effects. Asymptotics along the spatial dimension provide consistency and normality of the marginal products. A finite-sample example is provided: a production function for bottom-trawler fishing vessels in the flatfish fisheries of the Bering Sea. We find significant spatial variability of output (catch) which we exploit in estimation of a harvesting function.

Document Type

Working Paper

Date

4-2008

Keywords

Panel data, time-varying individual effect, spatial econometrics, fisheries

Series

Working Papers Series

Disciplines

Agriculture | Economics | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

Additional Information

Working paper no. 87

Recommended Citation

Horrace, William C. and Schnier, Kurt E., "Fixed-Effect Estimation of Highly-Mobile Production Technologies" (2008). Center for Policy Research. 174.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/174

Source

local input

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