Determining the Convergence Speed of Cost Efficiency in the Iranian Banking Industry [PDF]
پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2016 Banks as economic firms try to provide banking services in low cost. The efficiency of banking system and its convergence among the Iranian banks is a top priority for planners and decision-makers.
Heshmatollah Asgari, Mahin Khodarahmi
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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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Measuring Competition in the Banking Sector of Pakistan: An Application of Boone Indicator
JISR Management and Social Sciences & Economics, 2017 The banking sector of Pakistan has witnessed a notable transformation in its structure and business activities following the implementation of financial sector reforms since the early 1990s.
Mahmood ul Hasan Khan +1 more
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Economies of Scale in the Swiss Hydropower Sector [PDF]
The paper considers the estimation of a translog cost function employing panel data for a sample of 43 Swiss hydropower companies, over the period of 1995-2002.
Cornelia Luchsinger, Massimo Filippini
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Testing for the Impact of Skill-based Technologies on Employment of the Workforce in Iran [PDF]
پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2013 On one hand, the skill-based technologies increase productivity and output, reduce inflation and raise income. On the other hand, human skills are essential for implementing, adopting, utilizing physically and practically of modern and imported ...
Mostafa Emadzadeh +3 more
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Evaluating Agricultural Banking Efficiency Using the Fourier Flexible Functional Form [PDF]
This study applied more flexible cost functional form, Fourier Flexible Functional Form, and tested the validity of the Translog cost functional form as to estimate the cost function incorporating risk and loan's quality for banking industry.
Deng, Xiaohui +2 more
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International trade without CES : estimating translog gravity [PDF]
, 2010 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
Novy, Dennis
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A cost function for HIV prevention services: is there a 'u' – shape?
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2007 Background Global resource needs estimation is a critical part of addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To generate these estimates knowledge of costs and cost structures is required. The evidence base for costs of HIV prevention programmes is limited.
Hanson Kara +2 more
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Translog Cost Functions: An Application for Mexican Manufacturing. [PDF]
We use translog cost functions to estimate own-price and substitution elasticities of input demands, economies of scale and average costs in Mexican manufacturing. Data from the Mexican Annual Industrial Survey is used for 1996, 2000 and 2003.
Héctor Salgado Banda +1 more
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RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENCES IN NURSING HOME ACCESS, QUALITY AND COST [PDF]
Rural-urban differences in the supply of nursing home services as hypothesized to be jointly affected by competitive and regulatory forces, government policies, and the cost structure.
Bradford, Garnett L., Yu, Wei
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