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Asymmetric dependence between efficiency and market power in the Taiwanese life insurance industry [PDF]

Panoeconomicus, 2015
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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Stochastic Frontier-Based Analysis of Energy Efficiency in Russian Open-Pit Mining Enterprises

Energies
This article is devoted to the study of the possibilities for improvAzing the quality of energy management systems adopted at open-pit mining enterprises in the Russian Federation.
Ulvi Rzazade, Sergey Deryabin, Igor Temkin, Aslan Agabubaev   +3 more
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Empirical Study on Economies of Scale in China Manufacturing [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
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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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, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +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, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Analysis of Water Demand in Greenhouses of Khash Township [PDF]

International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2014
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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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

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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Identification and Stochastic Analysis of Factors Influencing Technical Inefficiency of Nigerian Smallholder Soybean Farmers [PDF]

Tropicultura, 2014
Smallholder soybean production is investigated using an econometric analysis otherwise known as stochastic frontier analysis through transcendental logarithmic (translog) production function, which incorporates an inefficiency effects model.
Otitoju, MA., Adebo, GM., Arene, CJ.
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ECONOMETRIC INEFFICIENCY ESTIMATES IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT doi: 10.5329/RECADM.20080701001]

Revista Eletrônica de Ciência Administrativa, 2008
The objective of this paper is to apply a Cobb-Douglas, Translog Stochastic Production Function and Data Envelopment Analysis – particularly the Malmquist index - in order to estimate increases or decreases of inefficiencies over time as well as ...
Edward Bernard Bastiaan Rivera Rivera, Paulo Dutra Costantin, Diogenes Manoel Leiva Martin   +2 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

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, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source