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Title: Adjustment Costs in Factor Demand

Author(s): Daniel S. Hamermesh and Gerard Antonie Pfann

Publication Date: May 1996

Keyword(s): Behaviour, Dynamic, Firm and Individual

Programme Area(s): Human Resources

Abstract: This study discusses the nature of adjustment costs, which underpin the dynamic theory of input demand. We examine the implications of the conventional assumption that they are quadratic-symmetric. A recent rapidly-growing literature based on microeconomic data shows that this assumption is inferior to many alternatives. We demonstrate the importance of this new knowledge for predicting macroeconomic fluctuations in employment and investment. We indicate its relevance for constructing general equilibrium simulation models, drawing inferences about the likely impacts of labour market and investment policies, and analysing firms? dynamic behaviour in factor markets.

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Hamermesh, D and Pfann, G. 1996. 'Adjustment Costs in Factor Demand'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=1371