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
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Personal Information
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AEB 6184 - Production Economics
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Biographical Sketch
Full Vitae
Short Resume
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Cost Functions
Lecture XIII: Definition and Properties of the Cost Function PDF Notes, PowerPoint, Slides, Audio File
Readings
Chambers Chapter 2.1-2.2
Fuss, M. and D.L. McFadden Production Economics: A Dual Approach to Theory and Applications Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1978. Online
Lecture XIV: Comparative Statics and Duality of the Cost Function PDF Notes, PowerPoint, Slides, Audio File
Readings
Chambers 2.3-2.4
Lecture XV: An Application of Duality PDF Notes, PowerPoint, Slides, Audio File, Audio File 2, Audio File 3
Readings
Diewert, W.E. "An Application of the Shephard Duality Theorem: A Generalized Leontief Production Function." Journal of Political Economy 79(3)(May-June 1971): 481-507. JSTOR
Lecture XVI: Shephard's Duality Proof: Part I PDF Notes, PowerPoint, Slides, Audio File
Boland, L.A. "A Critique of Friedman's Critics." Journal of Economic Literature 17(2)(June 1979): 503-22. JSTOR
Lecture XVII: Shephard's Duality Proof: Part II PDF Notes, PowerPoint, Slides
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
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University of Florida Sites
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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
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Frequent Internet Sites
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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
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Courses Taught
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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)
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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
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Personal Webpages
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Alachua Free Net
www.charlesbmoss.info
Home Computer
Old Ricardo Webpage
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Outside Readings
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Friedman - Essays in Positive Economics
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Sample Computer Programs
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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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