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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Coffee producers deal with uncertainty due to high volatility in coffee prices. To navigate these challenges, producers must balance the tradeoff between higher yield and better quality utilising heterogeneous technologies, such as intensive production methods and environmental management practices.
Orlando Rodríguez +2 more
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Decomposition of Factor Productivity Growth of Rice in Iran: Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approaches [PDF]
مجله اقتصاد و توسعه کشاورزیRice is a crucial agricultural product, and enhancing its productivity is essential for increasing production. This study aims to analyze the total factor productivity growth of rice production in Iran from 2000 to 2020.
S. Nikan +3 more
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THE LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 2020 Given the importance of food industriesin Pakistan, this studyanalyzestheircost structure by estimating thetranscendental logarithmic cost function. The study also considers elasticity of substitution along with own-price elasticity and cross-price elasticity. Four factor inputs,i.e.,labor, capital, energy,and materials,are used toestimatethe cost
Sajid Hussain, Uzma Nisar, Waseem Akram
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One‐Way Versus Two‐Way Postacquisition Integration Efforts: Theory and Evidence
Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We develop a theory of postacquisition integration that distinguishes between one‐way (acquirer‐only) and two‐way (mutual) effort strategies. We argue that the method of payment—cash versus shares—may serve as an ex ante commitment mechanism to a particular integration strategy, where cash deals align with unilateral effort, and share deals ...
Albert Banal‐Estañol +3 more
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WHEAT IMPORT DEMAND IN THE JAPANESE FLOUR MILLING INDUSTRY: A PRODUCTION THEORY APPROACH [PDF]
The translog cost function is used to analyze import demand for wheat differentiated by class and country of origin in the Japanese wheat flour milling industry. Results indicate that U.S.
Koo, Won W. +3 more
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Hampered Monetary Policy Transmission ‐ A Supply‐Side Story?
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.Abstract This paper shows that the supply side of credit is a major factor for hampered monetary policy transmission in monopolistic banking markets. Our stress test data containing projected interest rates of all 1,555 small and medium‐sized banks in Germany under two hypothetical scenarios provide a clear way to partial out demand shocks that are ...
LOTTA HECKMANN‐DRAISBACH, JULIA HARDT
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INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN A WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY – THE CASE OF PORTUGAL [PDF]
The paper speaks of the technological evolution using a translog cost function for a western European country – Portugal. It begins by presenting the methodological framework, the estimation process based on the iterative Zellner method to estimate ...
Jose Ramos Pires Manso
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the link between export and total factor productivity using a large panel of Ethiopian large and medium manufacturing firms. Using a modified Olley and Pakes model with export for the prediction of total factor productivity and then matching and difference‐in‐difference techniques, evidence of both self‐selection and ...
Zerihun Kelil Seid +2 more
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Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Monopsony Power: Evidence From China
Review of International Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the effect of trade liberalization on firms' monopsony power in the labor market. We estimate firm‐specific markdowns from production data in the manufacturing industry and document the trends in China between 1998 and 2007. Taking China's entry to the WTO as a policy shock, we use a difference‐in‐differences (DiD) approach combined ...
Pengzhan Qian, Dan Xie
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The Econometric Specification of Input Demand Systems Implied by Cost Function Representations [PDF]
In the case of input demand systems based on specification of technology by a Translog cost function, it is common to estimate either a system of share equations alone, or to supplement them by the cost function.
Keith R. McLaren, Xueyan Zhao
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