Charles B. Moss

Professor

Department of Food and Resource Economics

University of Florida

1130B McCarty Hall

P.O. Box 110240

Gainesville, FL 32611-0240

Telephone: (352) 392-1845 Ext. 404
Fax: (352) 392-3646
Email: cbmoss@ufl.edu

Personal Information
AEB 6184 - Production Economics
Biographical Sketch
Full Vitae
Short Resume
Cost Functions

Estimation of Cost Functions

    Lecture XVIII: Cost Functions and the Estimation of Flexible Functional Forms PDF Notes, PowerPoint, Slides
      Flexible Function Forms [Chambers 5.1 and 5.2]
      Fourier Function Forms
      Estimation of Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models
    Lecture XIX: Limits, Aggregation, and Constraints PDF Notes, PowerPoint, Slides
      Limits to Flexible Functional Forms
      Aggregation Issues
      Imposing Restrictions
        Homogeneity
        Symmetry
        Concavity
      Readings
        Chambers 5.4
        Diewert, W.E. and T.J. Wales "Flexible Functional Forms and Global Curvature Conditions." Econometrica 55(1)(Jan 1987): 43-68. JSTOR.
        Terrell, Dek "Incorporating Montonicity and Concavity Conditions in Flexible Functional Forms." Journal of Applied Econometrics 11(2)(Mar-Apr 1996): 179-94. JSTOR.
    Lecture XX: Subadditivity of Cost Functions PDF Notes, PowerPoint, Slides.
      Subadditivity of Cost Functions
      Economies of Scope and Scale
      Readings
        Evans, D.S. and J.J. Heckman "A Test for Subaddititivy of the Cost Function with an Application to the Bell System." American Economic Review 76(4)(Sept. 1986): 856-8. JSTOR
        Pulley, L.B. and Y.M. Braunstein "A Composite Cost Function for Multiproduct Firms With An Application to Economies of Scope in Banking." Review of Economics and Statistics 74(2)(May 1992): 221-30. JSTOR
University of Florida Sites
Center for Applied Optimization
Food and Resource Economics Department
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS)
UF Web Mail Portal
UF Spam Portal
University of Florida Libraries
Links to E-Journals University of Florida Access Required
University of Florida
MyUfl
Frequent Internet Sites
JSTOR-Electronic Journal Archive
USDA/Economic Research Service
Google Search
USDA Library at Cornell
ISI Web of Knowledge
Yahoo
AgEcon Search
EconWPA Economics Working Paper Links by Washington University
NBER National Bureau of Economic Research
RePEc at the University of Connecticut
My EconPapers
Economists Jokes
EconStats
Courses Taught
Agricultural Finance (AEB 6145)
Agricultural Risk Analysis and Decision Making (AEB 6182)
Applied General Equilibrium Notes
Applied Nonlinear Workshop (October 2008)
Econometric Methods I
Econometric Seminar (1995)
Financial Theory I (FIN 6446)
Mathematics for Food and Resource Economics (AEB 4511)
Mathematical Programming for Economic Analysis (AEB 6592)
Production Economics (AEB 6184)
Static and Dynamic Optimization (AEB 6533)
Statistics for Food and Resource Economics (AEB 6933)
Recent Presentations
"A State-Dependent Production Function: An Economist's Apology" Quincy NFREC PowerPoint, WMA File
"Agricultural Land Values and Producer's Balance Sheets" Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University PowerPoint
"Agribusiness and U.S. Foreign Policy" Political Science Department University of Florida PowerPoint
Personal Webpages
Alachua Free Net
www.charlesbmoss.info
Home Computer
Old Ricardo Webpage
Outside Readings
Friedman - Essays in Positive Economics
Sample Computer Programs
GMM Estimator - Simple Linear Estimator R Code
GMM Nonlinear Boom/Bust Estimator R Code
Alabama Land Data file
Arkansas Land Data file
Florida Land Data file
Georgia Land Data file

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