<p>There is no one right answer. Consider using several types of production functions, for robustness. The most popular tend to be Cobb-Douglas and Translog functions.</p>

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<p>I'm researching to analyze the elasticity of substitution between factors of production. From what I've read, many researchers use the trans-log production and cost functions. Which function should I use, considering I want to analyze the data at the sectoral level?</p>

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Trans-log production function or trans-log cost function
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# Trans-log production function or trans-log cost function

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-02-04)

I'm researching to analyze the elasticity of substitution between factors of production. From what I've read, many researchers use the trans-log production and cost functions. Which function should I use, considering I want to analyze the data at the sectoral level?

**Tags:** microeconomics, elasticity


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### Answer by username_1 on 2023-02-28. Score: 1

There is no one right answer. Consider using several types of production functions, for robustness. The most popular tend to be Cobb-Douglas and Translog functions.


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