Determining the optimal rate of green tax on large industries in Iran [PDF]
Environmental health is one of the most important current concerns of people and officials in the world, to the extent that everyone agrees to reduce it and believe that this national wealth should be protected not only for the present generation but ...
Ahmad Bideshki +2 more
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Asymmetric dependence between efficiency and market power in the Taiwanese life insurance industry [PDF]
Both market power and efficiency contribute to the viability of the insurer, making them essential for the management of life insurance companies. This study measured efficiency using the stochastic frontier approach based on the translog cost ...
Chuang Chung-Chu, Tang Yu-Chieh
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Location, School Characteristics, and the Cost of School Meals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reimburses schools for meals provided to students participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Reimbursement amounts are based on national average estimated costs of meal production.
Michael Ollinger +2 more
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Empirical Study on Economies of Scale in China Manufacturing [PDF]
The paper is based on Chinese industrial enterprises database, applying the method of translog cost function to measure the economies of scale in manufacturing during the period between 2000 to 2013. The result shows that the mean of scale economies (SCE)
Lingyao WANG, Yaodong ZHOU
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Energy Substitution Effect in Major Energy Consumption Sectors of Pakistan: Translog Cost Function
There is inadequate works available in the case of Pakistan that have tested the rebound effect due to energy use and its impacts on the environment, so in this study, comparative analysis of energy substitution effect on Pakistan’ three major energy consumption sectors industrial, transport and electricity sector has done, by using the translog cost ...
Sidra Nazir +2 more
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Measuring Market Power in the Iranian Banking Industry According to the Boone Efficient-based Approach [PDF]
The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the structure of the Iranian banking system and to measure the market power factor based on the Boone approach.
Forough Jahantigh +2 more
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Estimation the Marginal Cost of Production of Drinking Water in Tehran [PDF]
The main objective of this paper is to determine the cost structure of the companies in charge of water production and distribution and to estimate the marginal cost of production of drinking water in Tehran.
Fateme Molaei, Morteza Tahamipour
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Economic Analysis of Water Demand in Greenhouses of Khash Township [PDF]
The main goal of this study was to investigate the way of affecting of water in production of cucumber. From aspect of econometrics, mutual relationships of production function and expenses have been analysed in which Translog cost function has been ...
Javad Shahraki, Neda AliAhmadi
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The unsettled discussion continues about the factors behind the increase in the relative wages of skilled workers in developing countries. Using data from Peru for the years 1994 to 2000, we analyze the determinants of within-industry share of skilled ...
Joy Mazumdar (†), Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
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Analyze the Relationships Between Inputs and Scale Economies in Potato Production in Ardabil Province [PDF]
Potato is one of the agriculture important products in Ardebil province that about 24 thousand hectares of land in this province allocated to this product. Based on available evidence, consumption of inputs in the production process in this region is not
Kh Alefi, Gh Dashti, Sh Khorrami
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