Production Function - Estimate of Inputs
How Does the Production Function Estimate Inputs?
Written by Jason Gordon
Updated at March 16th, 2023
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How Does the Production Function Estimate Inputs?
We’ve explained that a firm’s total costs depend on the quantities of inputs the firm uses to produce its output and the cost of those inputs to the firm. The firm’s production function tells us how much output the firm will produce with given amounts of inputs. However, if we think about that backwards, it tells us how many inputs the firm needs to produce a given quantity of output, which is the first thing we need to determine total cost. Let’s move to the second factor we need to determine.