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1、THEJOURNALOFFINANCEVOL.XXXII,NO,4SEPTEMBER1977INPUTS,OUTPUTS,ANDATHEORYOFPRODUCTIONANDCOSTATDEPOSITORYFINANCIALINSTITUTIONSC.W.SEALEY,JR.ANDJAMEST.LiNDLEY*,"I.INTRODUCTIONTHETOOLOFANALYSISmostoftenappliedtothebehavioroffinancialinstitutionshasbeenportfoliotheory.Theinadequacyofthisapproachstemsfr
2、omthetotalomissionofproductionandcostconstraintsunderwhichfinancialfirmsoperate,andthustheroleoftheseconstraintsindeterminingtheequilibriumoutputmixandthescalesizeofthefinancialfirm.Althoughvariousstudieshaveproposedtodescribetheoperationsofthefinancialfirm(mostlycommercialbanks)byutilizingthecon
3、ceptsofthetheoryofthefirm,thuscorrectingthedeficienciesofportfolioanalysis,theyhavenotbeencompletelysuccessfulindevelopinganadequatemodelofthebankingorotherfinancialfirm[3:16;17:19;271.'Thelackofsuccessofpreviousstudiesindevelopingapositivetheoryofthefinancialfirmcanbeattributedtotheincompleteapp
4、licationoftheessentialelementsofthetheoryofthefirmtofinancialinstitutions.Specifically,previouswritershavefailedto:(I)appropriatelyclassifyoutputsandinputsofthefinancialfirmbyfailingtoconsiderthecriteriaonwhichthefinancialfirmmakeseconomicdecisions,and(2)analyzethetechnicalaspectsofproductionandc
5、ostforthefinancialfirm.Thepurposeofthispaperistodevelopamodelwithinwhichtheroleofproductionandcostcanbeanalyzedandthebehaviorofthefinancialfirmunderstoodwithinthecontextofaprofitmaximizingproducerratherthan,asviewedfromtheportfolioapproach,asarationalinvestor.Theanalysispresentedinthispapershowst
6、hefollowing:(1)contrarytoexistingliterature,inordertodevelopapositivetheoryofpriceandoutputdecisionsofthefinancialfirm,explicitconceptsofoutputsandinputsofthefinancialfirmmustbedevelopedandtheseconceptsmustbeconsistentwiththecriteriaonwhichthefirm'seconomicdecisionsaremade;(2)bycarefullyanalyzing
7、thetechnicalaspectsofthefinancialfirm'sproductionprocess,amodeloffinancialfirmbehaviorcanbedevelopedwhichisconsistentwiththetheoryofthefirm;(3)incontrasttothetraditionalfirm,thetechnicalproductionconditionsfacingthefin
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