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ESTIMATION OF THE CUP DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN LIBYA (APPLIED STUDY FOR THE PERIOD 1970-2008)

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the relative importance of the factors of production and their contribution to the development of the GDP of the agricultural sector in Libya, by estimating the Cobb-Douglas production function under the conditions of stability and change of volume return for the time period 1970-2008, the production function was estimated using the least squares method. Ordinary OLS, using several variables, and at fixed prices. The study concluded satisfactory and acceptable results, including the direct relationship between each of the agricultural gross domestic product and the factors of production (labor and capital). By 0.65%, and that agriculture in Libya depends on the change in the capital component more than its dependence on the change in the labor component, which was in accordance with the expectations of the study, the study also showed the direct relationship between both agricultural production and the technology coefficient represented in the time component.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2012.78386

Keywords

Cobb-Douglas production function, GDP, Production elements, agriculture sector

Authors

First Name

Abd-Elmatlob

Last Name

Abo-Farwa

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Affiliation

Fac. Econ., Omar ElMokhtar Univ., Laybia

Email

omarboomar@yahoo.com

City

laybia

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Volume

1

Article Issue

1

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11699

Issue Date

2012-12-01

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2020-03-22

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2012-12-01

Page Start

35

Page End

48

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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1,210

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Publication Title

Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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ESTIMATION OF THE CUP DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN LIBYA (APPLIED STUDY FOR THE PERIOD 1970-2008)

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22 Jan 2023