|                                                             | Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS
 Colloquia & Seminars
 
 
 |                                                              | Speaker: | 姜卫民 博士,南京林业大学 
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 | Input-Output Production              Structure and Non-Linear Production Possibility Frontier |                          | Time & Venue: 
 | 2021.12.01 11:00-12:00              内部讨论班 |                          | Abstract: 
 | Input-output (Leontief) production function is widely used in                economic analysis. And diminishing marginal rate of return is a                very well accepted economic fact. Leontief production function normally                results in a linear production possibility frontier (PPF) due to                its linear feature, whereas diminishing marginal rate of return                implies a non-linear PPF. In this paper, the authors aim to fix                this problem by considering multiple primary inputs in a simplified                two-sector economy. The authors find that it is possible to curve                a non-linear PPF by using Leontief production function when the                authors add heterogeneous primary inputs. The authors also discuss                the PPF using non-linear production function. Furthermore, the authors                propose that three commonly used economic presumptions cannot hold                in the same framework. These presumptions are "single primary                input", "fixed-proportion inputs" and "law of                diminishing marginal returns". 
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