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title: "CES production function: formula and 4 recent papers"
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# CES production function

$$
Y = A\big[\alpha K^{\rho} + (1 - \alpha) L^{\rho}\big]^{1/\rho}
$$

Production (or utility) with a constant elasticity of substitution 1/(1 - rho) between inputs.

- area: Growth, trade and environment
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: constant elasticity of substitution, CES production, CES utility, CES function

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/equations.md

## Key findings

- CES production function was mentioned in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #82 of the 104 equations and models mentioned.
- By journal category: Finance (2) and Economics (2).
- Most of them appeared in International Review of Economics & Finance (2), Economic Modelling (1) and Review of World Economics (1).
- Often mentioned together with Consumption Euler equation (2), Cobb-Douglas production function (2) and Solow growth model (1).
- Datasets named in the same papers: International Energy Agency (IEA) (1), Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (1) and World Input-Output Database (WIOD) (1).
- From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, 26 archived papers mentioned CES production function in their title, abstract or keywords, most of them in Sep 2025 (4).

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords)*

| Trend | Oct 23–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 7 | 15 | 4 | 26 |

*Papers mentioning CES production function, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | [Pollution-augmenting innovation and sustainable growth](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105956) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Chang-Ho Yoon, Sang Won Yoon | Southern Connecticut State University |
| 2026-10-05 | [The cost of collateral scarcity: Asset prices and misallocation in supply crises](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2026.107873) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | Ye Zhang, Ying Tung Chan | Tohoku University; Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University |
| 2026-09-30 | [The embodied real effective exchange rate: measuring cost competitiveness in global value chains](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-026-00672-1) | [Review of World Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-world-economics.md) | Martyna Marczak, Thomas Beißinger | Trinity College Dublin; University of Hohenheim |
| 2026-09-29 | [Policymakers’ term limits and corporate income tax competition in a growing economy with international knowledge spillover](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105900) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Noritaka Maebayashi, Keiichi Morimoto | Nanzan University; Meiji University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). CES production function. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/equations/ces-production-function

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  title = {CES production function},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).