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Environmental Performance Evaluation Under the Frontier Analysis Framework: A Farm‐Level Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quantifying and improving the environmental performance (EP) of agriculture has become an urgent research and policy priority. Over the past three decades, frontier‐based analytical frameworks have been widely applied to evaluate farm‐level EP.
Fissha Asmare, Bethan Thompson, Tarek Soliman, Thomas Donovan, Klaus Glenk, Andrew Barnes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The spatial correlation network and formation mechanism of water resource utilisation efficiency in cities in the Yellow River Basin. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Chang W, Wang C, Liu P, Lian M.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Meta Pricing Efficiency of Producer Cooperatives Under Hedonic Product Attributes: The Case of German Wine

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High internal coordination costs may put cooperatives at a disadvantage in the production and marketing of agri‐food products with hedonic quality attributes. The efficiency of cooperatives and non‐cooperatives is therefore compared with respect to their ability to place wines on the market at prices that reflect their measurable quality ...
Rebecca Hansen, Sebastian Hess
wiley   +1 more source

Who expands the human creative frontier with generative AI: Hive minds or masterminds? [PDF]

Sci Adv
Zhou EB, Lee D, Gu B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Buyer‐Optimal Platform Design

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A platform matches a unit mass of sellers, each owning a single product of heterogeneous quality, to a unit mass of buyers with differing valuations for unit‐quality. After matching, sellers make take‐it‐or‐leave‐it price‐offers to buyers. Initially, valuations of buyers are only known to them and the platform, but sellers make inferences from
Daniele Condorelli, Balazs Szentes
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Assembly of Core and Non-Core Host-Microbe Network Structures Along a Land-Use Change Gradient. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
Markfeld M, Titcomb G, Randriamoria TM, Sehgal G, Baksh N, Kerrigan A, Soarimalala V, Nunn CL, Pilosof S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Political Economy of Patent Buyouts

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Incentivizing innovation through buyouts may alleviate the social costs associated with patent power, but the political economy and feasibility of this potentially important financing mechanism have been understudied. We study an international setting of countries with different innovation and financing capabilities, and where financing ...
Amal Ahmad, Dominik Naeher, Sebastian Vollmer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling ROI in chronic disease management: a simulation-based framework integrating patient adherence and policy timing. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Cha J, Cha ED, Yoo EH, Song H.
europepmc   +1 more source

The role of the non‐profit sector in the efficiency of elderly social services: A bootstrap data envelopment analysis study

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Social services for the elderly are becoming increasingly important in societies where the elderly population is growing and requires specific attention to ensure their well‐being. Within these services, nursing homes play a key role, and it is therefore vital to ensure efficient management with an assessment according to their characteristics,
Georgina Solaz‐Moreno, Amadeo Fuenmayor Fernández, Teresa Savall Morera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Cooperative Community Hospital Selection for Post-Discharge Care with NSGA-II Algorithm. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Wu Z, Li Y, Lu X.
europepmc   +1 more source