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The Analysis of Trend of Technological Change in Iran\'s Cement Industry [PDF]
پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2010 In this paper we have studied the trend and bias of technological change in Iran’s cement industry by dual cost function approach. This approach is useful to estimation of factors demand structure with regard to changes of factors price and technological
Kazem Yavari, Nader Dashti
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Price Regulation Based On Performance of Iranian Water and Wastewater Companies [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2020 The purpose of this paper is to design a unique pricing system (price-cap) for Iran's water and wastewater industry to ensure fair pricing for its customers, encourage effective investment planning, and improve corporate productivity and efficiency.
Alireza Ebrahimi Nourali +2 more
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Measuring Cost Efficiency of Ukrainian Banks in 2008
Comparative Economic Research, 2012 The paper presents the results of a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) of cost-efficiency of Ukrainian banks. As of lack of data on the personnel costs, we had to set limits to the year of 2008 only.
Anatoliy Pilyavskyy +2 more
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple +2 more
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Investigating the Cost Efficiency in the Banking System: The Case of Bank Mellat [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2008 Banks have important roles in economy, such as mobilization of funds, intermediation, and utilization of fund and financial management. Even in developed economies, banks are on the center of financial and economic movements and they are the basis of ...
Hamid Abrishami +2 more
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Demand for energy in Zimbabwe industries: an aggregated demand analysis
Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2017 This paper describes interfuel substitution for liquid fuel, coal and electricity in Zimbabwe manufacturing and mining using a translog cost function. Our data series spans over a 24 year period.
J C Nkomo, H E Goldstein
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Determinants of banks’ cost efficiency: a case study of selected commercial banks, Ethiopia
Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah, 2020 This study examines the determinants of cost efficiency commercial banks’ in Ethiopian using balanced panel data with a sample of 13 commercial banks over the period 2010-2017 by paying a translog stochastic cost frontier approach. The identification and
Astereye Enyew Ereta +2 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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An Analysis of Cost Structure Process of Water Supply(The Case Study of Shiraz Water and Wastewater Company) [PDF]
آب و فاضلاب, 2012 The main purpose of this paper is examination of return to scale index and economics of scale index that is an argument of being natural monopoly, also investigation on states of technical changes and productivity growth rate in Shiraz water and ...
Hossein Marzban1, Leila Karimi
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Scientific African, 2019 In this study, we analysed the profit efficiency of Ghanaian maize farmers using data collected from 576 farmers in four agro ecological zones of Ghana. The stochastic frontier translog profit function was the main method of analysis.
Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa +3 more
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