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====== Elasticity of Production ====== | ====== Elasticity of Production ====== | ||
- | The elasticity of production, also called **output elasticity**, is the percentaje change in the production of a good by a firm, divided the percentaje change in an input used for the production of that good, for example, labor or capital. | + | The elasticity of production, also called **output elasticity**, is the percentaje change in the production of a good by a firm, divided the percentage change in an input used for the production of that good, for example, labor or capital. |
- | The elasticity of production shows the **responsiveness** of the output when there is a change in one input. It is defined as de proportional change in the product, divided the proportional change in the quantity of an input. | + | The elasticity of production shows the **responsiveness** of the output when there is a change in one input. |
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+ | It is defined as de proportional change in the product, divided the proportional change in the quantity of an input. | ||
**For example**, if a factory employs 10 people, and produces 100 chairs per day. If the number of people employed in the factory increases to 12, that is, a 20% increase, and the number of chairs produced per day increases to 110 (that is, a 10% increase), the elasticity of production is: | **For example**, if a factory employs 10 people, and produces 100 chairs per day. If the number of people employed in the factory increases to 12, that is, a 20% increase, and the number of chairs produced per day increases to 110 (that is, a 10% increase), the elasticity of production is: | ||
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==== Example: Elasticity of Production of a Cobb Douglas Production Function ==== | ==== Example: Elasticity of Production of a Cobb Douglas Production Function ==== | ||
- | The [[en:cobb-douglas-production-function|Cobb-Douglas production function]] is a function that is used a lot in economics. The form of a Cobb-Douglas production function is: | + | The [[:en:cobb-douglas-production-function|Cobb-Douglas production function]] is a function that is used a lot in economics. The form of a Cobb-Douglas production function is: |
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+ | Q(L,K) = A L<sup>β</sup> K<sup>α</sup> | ||
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+ | To calculate the [[:en:cobb-douglas-output-elasticity|elasticity of production of the Cobb-Douglas production function]], with respect to K, we must find the proportional change in the production, divided the proportional change in K: | ||
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+ | \begin{equation} \frac {\frac{\partial Q}{Q}} {\frac{\partial K}{K}} = \frac {\frac{\partial Q}{\partial K}} {\frac{Q}{K}} = \frac { α A L ^{β} K^{α-1} }{ \frac {A L^β K^α}{K} } \end{equation} | ||
- | Q(L,K) = A L<sup>β</sup> K<sup>α</sup> | + | \begin{equation} = \frac { α A L ^{β} K^{α} K^{-1} }{ \frac {A L^β K^α}{K} } \end{equation} |
- | To calculate the [[en:cobb-douglas-output-elasticity|elasticity of production of the Cobb-Douglas production function]], with respect to K, we must find the proportional change in the production, divided the proportional change in K: | + | \begin{equation} = \frac { \frac {α A L ^{β} K^{α}}{K} }{ \frac {A L^β K^α}{K} } \end{equation} |
- | (∂Q/Q) / (∂K/K) = (∂Q/∂K) / (Q/K) = = [ Aβ L<sup>(β-1)</sup> K<sup>α</sup> ] / [ A L<sup>β</sup> K<sup>α</sup> / L ] | + | \begin{equation} = \frac { \frac {α Q}{K} }{ \frac {Q}{K} } \end{equation} |
- | \begin{equation} | + | \begin{equation} = α \end{equation} |
- | \frac {\frac{\partial Q}{Q}} {\frac{\partial K}{K}} | + | |
- | \end{equation} | + | |
- | \begin{equation} | + | [[production-function-example]] |
- | \ = frac {\frac{\partial Q}{\partial K}} {\frac{Q}{K}} | + | |
- | \end{equation} | + |