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F-Test of A Linear Restriction: U L K y

This document discusses testing for constant returns to scale using an F-test of a linear restriction on a Cobb-Douglas production function. It provides an example of applying this test to empirical data, where the restriction that the coefficients on capital and labor sum to 1 is tested. The test statistic calculated from the restricted and unrestricted regressions is greater than the critical value, so the null hypothesis of constant returns to scale is rejected.

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F-Test of A Linear Restriction: U L K y

This document discusses testing for constant returns to scale using an F-test of a linear restriction on a Cobb-Douglas production function. It provides an example of applying this test to empirical data, where the restriction that the coefficients on capital and labor sum to 1 is tested. The test statistic calculated from the restricted and unrestricted regressions is greater than the critical value, so the null hypothesis of constant returns to scale is rejected.

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F-test of a linear restriction

The F-test can be used to test a variety of model restrictions, usually testing for the
joint significance of a group of variables. However another use of this test, is to test
whether constant returns to scale applies, whereby a proportionate increase in all
inputs, gives a proportionate increase in output. One example is the Cobb-Douglas
production function.

Constant Returns to Scale

In the Cobb-Douglas production function, output is determined by capital and labour.


In logarithmic form:

log yt   0  1 log k t   2 log lt  u t (1)

If constant returns to scale applies, whereby if the inputs double, output also doubles,
we can test the restriction that the sum of the coefficients on the capital and labour
variables sum to 1.

H 0 : 1   2  1
H1 : 1   2  1

In this case we can rewrite the above hypothesis (α1+α2=1) as:

 2  1  1

log yt   0   1 log k t  (1  1 ) log lt  u t


log yt  log lt   0  1 (log k t  log lt )  u t

Given that the relationship is in logarithms (i.e. logy-logx=log(y/x), we can write it


as:

yt kt
log( )   0  1 log( ) (2)
lt lt

This in effect is a restricted version of (1), in which constant returns to scale has been
applied. We can test this restriction in exactly the same way as when we tested
whether a group of variables jointly equals 0. If we have 75 observations, first run the
regression without the restriction of constant returns to scale:

log yˆ t  0.5  0.37 log k t  0.72 log lt


(0.5) (0.12) (0.9)
RSS=0.97

Collect the RSS from this regression, this is the unrestricted RSS. Then run the
restricted regression:
yˆ t k
log( )  0.30  0.32 log( t )
lt lt
(0.10) (0.80)
RSS  1.12

Collect the RSS from this model and put it in the F-test formula of a restriction (m is
1 in this case, as there is only 1 restriction).

RSS R  RSS u / m 1.12  0.97 / 1 0.15


F    11 .1
RSS u / n  k 0.97 / 75  3 0.0135
1
F72  4.00(5%)

As 11.1> 4, we reject the null hypothesis of constant returns to scale (α1+α2=1) and
suggest that the unrestricted model is best.

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