Abstract
In this paper, we examine the implications of imposing separability on the translog and three other flexible forms. Our results imply that the Berndt-Christensen ‘nonlinear’ test for weak separability tests not only for weak separability, but also imposes a restrictive structure on the macro and micro functions for all currently known ‘flexible’ functional forms. For example, testing for weak separability using the translog as an exact form is in fact equivalent to testing for a hybrid of strong (additive) separability and homothetic weak separability with Cobb-Douglas aggregator functions. Our results show that these ‘flexible’ functional forms are ‘separability-inflexible’. That is, they are not capable of providing a second-order approximation to an arbitrary weakly separable function in any neighbourhood of a given point.
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