In 1971's The Entropy Law and the Economic Process, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen criticized attempts to insert these factors into production functions as being not only economically inaccurate but in fact violating the laws of thermodynamics. For 10 points each:
[10e] What two-word term refers to the economic sense of non-man-made inputs such as minerals, air, and water?
ANSWER: natural resources
[10m] A modified Cobb-Douglas production function appears in the widely used model of exogenous growth named for this economist and Trevor Swan.
ANSWER: Robert Solow
[10h] The exponents alpha in the Solow model's production function represent this quantity, which is what portion of aggregate income goes to the holders of a namesake factor of production. This value ends up being about 33 percent for the U.S. regardless of what production function is used.
ANSWER: capital share parameter
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