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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen +3 more
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Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluate Environmentally Conscious Tourism Management [PDF]
This paper discusses a methodology to assess the performances of tourism management of local governments when economic and environmental aspects are considered as equally relevant.
Alessandro Lanza +2 more
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Labor investment efficiency, managerial characteristics, managerial ability, manager overconfidence
Journal of Next-generation Convergence Information Services Technology, 2018 Ji-Yeon Yoo, Sang-Min Cho
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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Optimizing Managerial Time: Strategies for Efficiency
International Journal of Civil Service Reform and PracticeThis article examines efficiency and effectiveness of managerial activities. Materials from the author's personal archive, coupled with first-hand experience as a Komsomol leader at both city and regional levels, and later within the armed forces, consistently indicate that the effectiveness and quality of management are entirely dependent on manager's
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Self-Selection and Advice in Venture Capital Finance [PDF]
In financing start-up firms, venture capitalists carefully select among alternative projects, design incentive compatible financial contracts and support portfolio companies with value enhancing managerial advice.
Christian Keuschnigg, Soren Bo Nielsen
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva +2 more
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Efficiency of Financial Institutions: International Survey and Directions for Future Research [PDF]
This paper surveys 130 studies that apply frontier efficiency analysis to financial institutions in 21 countries. The primary goals are to summarize and critically review empirical estimates of financial institution efficiency and to attempt to arrive at
Allen N. Berger, David B. Humphrey
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Bank efficiency in the enlarged European Union [PDF]
, 2006 This paper aims to estimate bank efficiency differences across member states of the European Union and tries to explain their causes. We show on an empirical basis that the level and spread of bank efficiency in the EU and their changes are significantly
Hollo, Daniel, Nagy, Marton
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