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Cobb-Douglas production functions can be formulated using expenditures rather than physical units

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While production functions theoretically relate physical inputs and outputs, economic literature and practice frequently formulate and estimate them using monetary values and expenditures.

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en.wikipedia.org: Cobb–Douglas production function

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Defines the standard Cobb-Douglas production function using physical units like labor and capital.

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doi.org: The Estimation of Production Functions with Monetary Values

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Notes that in practice, production functions are estimated using monetary values for output and capital.

ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org: [1711.10031] Constructive Identification of Heterogeneous Elasticities in the Cobb-Douglas Production Function

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Shows that input costs and cost shares are used in identifying elasticities in Cobb-Douglas functions.

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