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Economía, 2019 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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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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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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Choice of the empirical definition of zero in the translog multiproduct cost functional form [PDF]
Applied Economics Letters, 2016 ABSTRACTThe translog cost function is valuable to researchers for empirical analysis in themodelling of indirect cost and profit functions. A flaw of the functional form is in themodelling of zero output values. This study examined the impacts of empirical definition of zero output values on price elasticities, economies of scope and scale, using the ...
Yapo Genevier N’guessan +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
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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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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 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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