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Long-Run Comparative Statics Under Output and Land Price Uncertainty

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  • Quirino Paris

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Several authors have noticed that, in the uncertain short run, the supply function may slope downward and the input demand functions may slope upward. These possibilities prevent the setup of unambiguous tests of rational behavior. In this article, testable hypotheses for the competitive firm operating in a price-uncertain environment are derived assuming a long-run horizon. Some of these hypotheses take the form of Slutsky-type relations involving the relative input demand functions (the ratios of input to output quantities). Homogeneity restrictions involving input and output mean prices, in general, are absent under uncertainty. Conditions for restoring this homogeneity are also discussed. The main result is the rediscovery of the importance of relative quantities for the analysis of a long-run equilibrium.

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  • Quirino Paris, 1988. "Long-Run Comparative Statics Under Output and Land Price Uncertainty," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 70(1), pages 133-141.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:70:y:1988:i:1:p:133-141.
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    1. Atanu Saha & C. Richard Shumway, 1998. "Refutable implications of the firm model under risk," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(4), pages 441-448.
    2. Finkelshtain, Israel & Chalfant, James, 1990. "Marketed Surplus Under Risk: Do Peasants Agree with Sandmo?," CUDARE Working Papers 198573, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    3. Bahram Adrangi & Kambiz Raffiee, 1999. "On Total Price Uncertainty and the Behavior of a Competitive Firm," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 43(2), pages 59-65, October.
    4. Luh, Yir-Hueih & Stefanou, Spiro E., 1989. "Dairy Supply And Factor Demand Response To Output Price Risk: An Econometric Assessment," Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 18(2), pages 1-6, October.
    5. Liu, Yucan & Shumway, C. Richard, 2005. "Empirical Tests of the Refutable Implications of Expected Utility Maximization under Risk," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19331, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    6. Detre, Joshua D. & Foster, Kenneth A., 2004. "Indirect Utility Functions And Testable Conditions," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 20087, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    7. Liu, Yucan & Shumway, C. Richard, 2005. "Indirect Utility Maximization under Risk: A Heterogeneous Panel Application," 2005 Annual Meeting, July 6-8, 2005, San Francisco, California 36307, Western Agricultural Economics Association.

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