A constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function is one with the general form where K is

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A constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function is one with the general form


imagewhere K is capital expenditure; L is the level of labor; and A, α, and β are constants that satisfy A > 0, 0 −1. Exercises 31 through 33 involve such production functions. Suppose you wish to maximize the CES production function


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subject to the linear constraint c1K + c2L = B. Show that the values of K and L at the maximum must satisfy


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Calculus For Business, Economics And The Social And Life Sciences

ISBN: 9780073532387

11th Brief Edition

Authors: Laurence Hoffmann, Gerald Bradley, David Sobecki, Michael Price

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