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Technology Asymmetries, Group Algebra, and Multiplant Cost Minimization

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  • David A. Hennessy

    (578C Heady Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1070.)

  • Harvey E. Lapan

    (283 Heady Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1070.)

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For a homogeneous good, this article studies firm-level production activities when the firm controls a plural number of plants. Through careful construction of cost function technology asymmetries, we inquire into the ordinal structure of the production vector for multiplant cost minimizers. When Schur-convexity of a reference pseudo-cost technology is the principal functional assumption, then ordinal concepts of technical asymmetries map into rank order on the equilibrium production vector. Under a more generalized characterization of the technical asymmetries a multiplant firm encounters, group theory is used to map a cardinal concept of asymmetries into cardinal bounds on the optimum allocation. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

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  • David A. Hennessy & Harvey E. Lapan, 2003. "Technology Asymmetries, Group Algebra, and Multiplant Cost Minimization," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 41(1), pages 183-192, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ecinqu:v:41:y:2003:i:1:p:183-192
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    1. David A. Hennessy & Harvey E. Lapan, 2003. "Taste Asymmetries and Trade Patterns," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 4(28), pages 1-14.
    2. Yuya Sasaki & Arthur Caplan, 2008. "Matching Heterogeneous Traders in Quantity-Regulated Markets," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 31(4), pages 341-362, May.

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