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The generalised translog cost function to estimate tariffs for potable water: The case of Tunisia

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2022
The present study aims to estimate the marginal cost of potable water supply and analyse the implications for more efficient, equitable and income-adequate tap water tariffs in Tunisia. Furthermore, this article aims to develop a new pricing model for potable water.
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Substitution in the Finnish forest industry’s roundwood procurement

Silva Fennica, 2012
In this study, the interaction and substitution between domestic and imported roundwood in the Finnish forest industry’s wood procurement is analysed by timber assortments.
Hautamäki, Sanna, Mutanen, Antti, Viitanen, Jari   +2 more
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An Analysis of the Cost Structure of Food Industries in Pakistan: An Application of the Translog Cost Function

Lahore Journal of Economics
Given the importance of food industriesin Pakistan, this study analyzes their cost structure by estimating the transcendental logarithmic cost function. The study also considers elasticity of substitution along with own-price elasticity and cross-price 
Sajid Hussain, Uzma Nisar, Waseem Akram
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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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Economias de escala na produção de leite: uma análise dos estados de Rondônia, Tocantins e Rio de Janeiro

Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 2007
Neste trabalho analisou-se o problema da manutenção, no longo prazo, dos produtores de leite na atividade. Foram analisados estabelecimentos nos estados de Rondônia, Tocantins e Rio de Janeiro.
Alexandre Lopes Gomes, Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho   +1 more
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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, Karim Azarbayjani, Saeed Samadi, Masuod Sadeghi   +3 more
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Economic valuation of irrigation water using production functions: A case study from the Pennaiyar River Basin, Tamil Nadu, India

Agricultural Water Management
This study estimates the economic value of irrigation water in the Pennaiyar River Basin, India, using three production function based approaches: the Residual Value Method, Cobb–Douglas, and Translog functions.
Sam Sundar Singh, Parthasarathy Ramachandran   +1 more
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Assessment of water economic value in wheat and rapeseed farms (Case Study: Qazvin plain irrigation network) [PDF]

مهندسی منابع آب, 2019
In the recent decades, water resources have been severely under pressure due to increasing demand. Besides, use of water by some users affects the possibility of using water by other users.
m a, s kh, sayed Habibullah Mosavi
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Analysis of the Public Transport Efficiency, Productivity and Economies of Scale: The Case of Sfax – Tunisia

ECONOMICS
This study aimed to determine the efficiency and productivity of the production factors in the case of public transport in Sfax – the second most important agglomeration in Tunisia–.
Makhlouf Lassaad, Helali Kamel
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ECONOMICAL BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL COMPANIES IN IRAQ USING TRANSLOG COST FUNCTION

IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, 2019
This research aims to identify the productive relationship nature among the elements used in the agricultural companies by estimating the translog cost function. It also aims to recognize the possibility of substituting these elements with each other, to identify the nature of revenues, and economies scale through elasticity of other cost.
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