American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 91, No. 4 (Nov., 2009), pp. 1110-1123 (14 pages) In this article, we advocate more extensive use of the benefit function in specifying price-dependent ...

This paper examines existing methods of estimating the translog production function and provides a general framework that allows for variable returns to scale. The model is based on the inverse input ...

The utility function can be used to derive the demand function, and both concepts relate to utility maximization.