Shephard's lemma is a concept in economic theory, particularly in the field of duality in consumer theory and production theory. It is named after David Shephard, who contributed significantly to the study of production functions and efficiency. The lemma states that the derivative of the value function of a cost minimization problem with respect to a factor price gives the corresponding input demand for that factor, assuming that the production frontier exhibits certain regularity conditions.
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