Table 2

Log likelihood ratio test for selecting the functional form

NoLog likelihood functionAll sampleSub1 (food, beverage)Sub2 (garment, textile)Sub3 (paper, printing)Sub4 (chemical, plastic)Sub5 (furniture, electronic, others)
1Cobb–Douglas−2731.10−918.33−224.56−251.32−717.85−560.01
2Translog−2659.61−891.96−216.59−237.51−704.69−539.30
3LR-stat142.9752.7315.9327.6026.3241.42
4Prob > χ20.00000.00000.01410.00010.00020.0000
5DecisionRejected H0Rejected H0Rejected H0Rejected H0Rejected H0Rejected H0
6Appropriated modelTranslogTranslogTranslogTranslogTranslogTranslog
7No. of observations2,009618190183578440

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