TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FARMING: EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN CEREAL FARMS [PDF]
, 2007 A stochastic frontier production model was applied to estimate technical efficiency in a sample of Italian organic and conventional cereal farms. The main purpose was to assess which production technique revealed higher efficiency.
Madau, Fabio A.
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Deterministic vs. Stochastic Methods for Frontier Estimation: Update and Illustration [PDF]
Operations Research and DecisionsWe estimate and compare a deterministic production frontier to a production frontier estimated using stochastic methods. This comparison is illustrated by estimating the Lerner index of monopoly power for a public sector producer.
William Weber +3 more
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Environmentally Adjusted Agricultural Productivity in the Great Plains
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2004 This study adjusts 1960-1996 agricultural productivity gains in a panel of Great Plains states to account for the discharge of pesticide and nitrogen effluents into the environment.
Jon P. Rezek, Richard K. Perrin
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Bi-directionality in translating culture: Understanding translator trainees' actual and perceived behaviors. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Qassem M, Al Thowaini BM.
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TESTING FOR DISEQUILIBRIUM IN THE DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURAL INPUTS [PDF]
A dynamic system of cost-share equations for agricultural inputs is used to test for the presence of input disequilibrium. This dynamic system incorporates a disequilibrium adjustment process into input-share equations derived from a translog cost ...
LeBlanc, Michael, Lutton, Thomas
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MONOTONICITY AND CURVATURE - A BOOTSTRAPPING APPROACH [PDF]
This research contributes to the ongoing discussion on functional flexibility and theoretical consistency by comparing the empirical performance of two second order flexible functional forms - the Symmetric Generalized McFadden and the Transcendental ...
Sauer, Johannes
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Does size matter? : Economies of scale in the German mutual fund industry [PDF]
, 2009 In this paper, we analyze economies of scale for German mutual fund complexes. Using 2002-2005 data of 41 investment management companies, we specify a hedonic translog cost function. Applying a fixed effects regression on a one-way error component model
Maurer, Raimond, Schaefer, Alexander
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Estimating a Production Function for Iran with Emphasis on Energy and Expenditure on Research and Development: An Application of Genetic Algorithm Method [PDF]
پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2016 This paper aims to estimate various production functions, with emphasis on energy and investment in R& D, in Iran over the period 1979-2010. Following estimation of different production functions including CES (Constant Elasticity of Substitution), GPF ...
Karim Eslamloueyan, Ali Hussain Ostadzad
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The Study of Nature and Trend of Technological Change in Iran's Industry (1971-2008) [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2011 Technological evolutions as one of basic resources of productivity growth plays a significant role in economic growth. Therefore, after world war ІІ, the determination of measure and bias of technological change has been subject of many research efforts.
Nader Dashti +2 more
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An Analysis of Allocative Efficiency of Wheat Growers in Northern Pakistan [PDF]
Restricted translog production model is used to estimate the allocative efficiency of wheat growers in Peshawar Valley. It is found that average allocative efficiency is 72 percent.
Dilawar Khan, Muhammad Bashir
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