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Scale, Skill-Mix, and Access Implications of the Production of Appointments by Primary Care Practices in England. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Primary medical care has traditionally been provided by small organisations. Recent policy developments in many countries have encouraged larger practices in the hope of benefiting from increasing returns to scale, but there is little research evidence to support this.
Zhao T, Meacock R, Sutton M.
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Substitution of Factors in the Cost Function of the Chemical Industry
The chemical industry has one of the largest production value chains, and the products of these industries are widely used as intermediate goods in other industries.
Mansour Asgari +2 more
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International trade without CES: Estimating translog gravity [PDF]
This paper derives a micro-founded gravity equation in general equilibrium based on a translog demand system that allows for endogenous markups and substitution patterns across goods. In contrast to standard CES-based gravity equations, trade is more sensitive to trade costs if the exporting country only provides a small share of the destination ...
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The Inverse Lewbel Demand System
A new model of consumer preferences is introduced. It is appropriate for modeling perishable commodities which are produced with a lag, where it is reasonable to assume the market-level quantities are fixed by previously made production decisions.
James S. Eales
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Financial efficiency analysis of Hungarian agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector
In this study, we examine the efficiency of companies in Hungary's agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector. We analysed corporate efficiency by using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA).
Veronika Fenyves +5 more
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When Flexible Forms Are Asked to Flex Too Much
Taylor series-based flexible forms cannot be interpreted as Taylor series approximations unless all data used in estimation lie in a region of convergence.
Paul J. Driscoll
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Effective factors on variations of wheat production in climatic regions of Fars province [PDF]
In an agricultural system, crop production is related to climatic conditions. Therefore, a deeper understanding of the impact of regional climate change on production ensures global food security.
leyla sharifi +4 more
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This paper utilizes available data sets and a single translog profit function to examine the performance of dairy farms operating in mountain and lowland areas, respectively.
Jernej Prišenk +3 more
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Technical efficiency impact of microfinance on small scale resettled sugar cane farmers in Zimbabwe
The main objective of the study was to investigate the impact of microfinance on smallholder resettled sugarcane farmers’ productivity and technical efficiency. The study evaluated the impact of microfinance on technical efficiency of resettled sugarcane
Simion Matsvai +2 more
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Since the publication of Ericsson’s and Simon’s book Protocol Analysis: Verbal Reports as Data in 1984, thinking-aloud has found its way into the exploration of (interlingual) translation processes. To gain deeper insight into translation processes, the
Susanne Göpferich
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