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Mental Accounting, Remittances, and Celebrations

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 411-437, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Is one KGS of remittance income equal to one KGS of another source of income? The traditional concept of fungibility suggests that it is. However, if it is not, then migrant money transfers may cause behavioral changes at the household level, and their development impact can be huge.
Nurgul Tilenbaeva
wiley   +1 more source

A Class of Separability Flexible Functional Forms

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1992
Quadratic flexible forms, such as the translog and generalized Leontief, are separability inflexible. That is, separability restrictions render them inflexible with regard to separable structures.
Paul J. Driscoll, Anya M. McGuirk
doaj   +1 more source

A stochastic production frontier model with a translog specification using the generalized maximum entropy estimator [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, an empirical application of the generalized maximum entropy estimator in a stochastic production frontier model with a translog specification is discussed to investigate technical efficiency in a wine region of Portugal.
Elvira Silva, Pedro Macedo
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Are foreign multinationals more efficient? A stochastic production frontier analysis of Malaysia's automobile industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper compares the sources of total factor productivity (TFP) growth of foreign (establishments with 51% and above foreign equity ownership) and local establishments in Malaysia’s automotive sector by applying a stochastic production frontier to a ...
Abdul Talib, Basri, Khalifah, Noor Aini
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Growth Accounting in the Open Economy: An Array of Perspectives

open access: yesReview of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we show how Törnqvist growth accounting in the open economy can be conducted from a number of different perspectives, depending on which input and output prices or quantities are chosen to be the explanatory factors. This approach offers a wide spectrum of decompositions, each one being potentially best suited to analyze ...
Ulrich Kohli
wiley   +1 more source

On productivity and technology diffusion in Nigeria

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2003
This study analyses the long-term trend in knowledge diffusion and productivity growth in Nigeria using a translog specification. The results indicate the need for technological upgrading and imply that policies designed to promote technological ...
NA Ndiyo
doaj   +1 more source

The potential of energy substitution in the industrial sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The extent of substitutability between energy and the other factors (i.e. labour and capital) and between individual fuels (coal, electricity, natural gas and petroleum) is an extremely important question and quite central to energy policy, planning and
Abd. Aziz, Azlina
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ECONOMETRIC INEFFICIENCY ESTIMATES IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT doi: 10.5329/RECADM.20080701001]

open access: yesRevista Eletrônica de Ciência Administrativa, 2008
The objective of this paper is to apply a Cobb-Douglas, Translog Stochastic Production Function and Data Envelopment Analysis – particularly the Malmquist index - in order to estimate increases or decreases of inefficiencies over time as well as ...
Edward Bernard Bastiaan Rivera Rivera   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

International Trade without CES: Estimating Translog Gravity [PDF]

open access: yes
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.
Dennis Novy
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Analyzing the Impact of Farm Size on Rice Production in Kunduz Province

open access: yesمجلۀ علمی-تحقیقی سمنگان
Kunduz Province is one of Afghanistan's most significant rice production hubs. Therefore, an empirical investigation into the benefits derived from farm size for enhancing the production efficiency of rice holds particular importance.
Ahmad Salman Makreet, Habibullah Rezaei
doaj   +1 more source

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