Lawrence J. Lau, Pan A. Yotopoulos, Profit, Supply, and Factor Demand Functions, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Feb., 1972), pp. 11-18 ...

The utility function can be used to derive the demand function, and both concepts relate to utility maximization.

A study of daily newspaper cost behavior is used to illustrate a method of estimating cost function parameters using cross-section output and price data only. The cost parameter estimates are obtained ...