@article{Habteyonas:19939,
      recid = {19939},
      author = {Habteyonas, Michael},
      title = {ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION STRUCTURE OF THE CANADIAN PULP AND  PAPER INDUSTRY : 1961-1996},
      address = {2004},
      number = {377-2016-21019},
      series = {Selected Paper},
      pages = {20},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {A translog cost function with factor inputs of  capital,  labor, energy and materials was estimated for the Canadian  pulp and paper industry over the period of 1961 to 1996.  The results show that, the production technology can not be  specified by a Cobb-Douglas production function and it is  not  Hicks- neutral. It was found out that, the industry is  characterized by labor-saving and capital, energy and  materials-using technical change. The estimated production  function indicated the existence of economies of scale,  although the size of the scale is not as large as those  estimated for the European Union and the United States pulp  and paper industries. Estimates for Allen's elasticities of  substitution show that, all the factor inputs were found to  be highly substitutable among each other.  In addition,  estimates for price elasticities were found to be sensitive  to a change in their own price and relatively speaking,   the demand for capital was found to be  more responsive to  changes in prices of energy and materials and the demand  for materials was also found to be sensitive to changes in  price of labor and energy.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19939},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.19939},
}