Comment on M.D. Intriligator, 'Productivity and the Embodiment of Technical Progress.' (response to article by Michael D. Intriligator in this issue, p. S75)

A study was conducted to examine research concerning the embodiment of technical innovations with productivity. An attempt is made to develop a neoclassical model which does not integrate the emobodiment process. Two different production technologies are presented. Ex ante technologies represent plans while ex post technologies refer to possible combinations of inputs based on the plan. Results show that rejecting the theoretical bases of the model does not necessarily imply rejection of the embodiment process.