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Water Use Efficiency and Its Influencing Factors in China: Based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)—Tobit Model

Water, 2018
Water resources are important and irreplaceable natural and economic resources. Achieving a balance between economic prosperity and protection of water resource environments is a major issue in China.
Shuqiao Wang, Li Zhou, Hui Wang, Xiaocong Li   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficiency and Productivity of Public Hospitals in Serbia Using DEA-Malmquist Model and Tobit Regression Model, 2015–2019

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Improving productivity within health systems using limited resources is a matter of great concern. The objectives of the paper were to evaluate the productivity, efficiency, and impact of environmental factors on efficiency in Serbian hospitals from 2015–
Aleksandar Medarević, D. Vuković
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Link Between Financial Auditors and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Empirical Studies and Implications for Future Research

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on stakeholder agency theory, this structured literature review included 89 empirical quantitative studies published between 2013 and the present on the complex relationship between financial auditors and corporate social responsibility (CSR) outcomes. We created a research framework based on DeFond and Zhang's (2014) taxonomy and the bi‐
Patrick Velte
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on the External Financing Method in Iranian start-up Companies [PDF]

راهبرد مدیریت مالی
Understanding the preferences of startups for external financing through debt or equity can help entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers to offer startups the most appropriate financing options. Based on this degree of importance, in previous studies
Amir Fateh, Habib Aghajani, Sakineh Sojoodi, Sajjad Naghdi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of Factors Associated with Consumers' Use of Grocery Coupons

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1992
A conceptual model of grocery coupon usage is developed and maximum likelihood estimates of a Tobit model are used to assess the influence of several economic and demographic variables on consumers' use of grocery coupons.
Barry K. Goodwin
doaj   +1 more source

Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Fatores determinantes da eficiência do setor bancário em Portugal: uma aplicação através de modelos de regressão fracional [PDF]

, 2018
The participation in the Euro area and the current financial crisis substantially conditioned the development of the Portuguese banking industry, for which is expected a continuous fall in income and a growing competitive pressure, improving the need to ...
Martins, Ana
core   +1 more source

Symmetrically Trimmed Least Squares Estimation for Tobit Models [PDF]

Econometrica, 1986
This paper proposes alternatives to maximum likelihood estimation of the censored and truncated regression models (known to economists as ``Tobit'' models). The proposed estimators are based upon symmetric censoring or truncation of the upper tail of the distribution of the dependent variable.
openaire   +1 more source

Always Be Prepared: Lessons Learned From Risk‐Coping Strategies of Thai Households in the Wake of Two Major Economic Crises

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aimed to comparatively examine the function of three risk‐coping strategies, namely savings, borrowings, and work‐hour adjustments, during two major economic crises in Thailand. Using the Socioeconomic Survey (SES) collected by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in Thailand, we examined data from the 1998 financial crisis and the
Aeggarchat Sirisankanan, Papar Kananurak
wiley   +1 more source