@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15744, author={Chetty, V. K. and Heckman, James J.}, title={Internal Adjustment Costs of Firm-Specific Factors and the Neoclassical Theory of the Firm}, year={2022}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={15744}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15744}, abstract={This paper considers the consequences of a two-sector vertically-integrated model of firms producing output using firm-specific capital with a second sector producing firm-specific capital by adapting raw capital purchased in the market. Analysts rarely observe each sector separately. Aggregating over both sectors produces short-run and long-run factor demand functions that appear to be perverse, but when disaggregated obey standard neoclassical properties. Adjustment costs create the appearance of static inefficiency in the presence of dynamic efficiency.}, keywords={firm-specific capital;frontier production theory;factor demand;adjustment costs}, }