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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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Deterministic vs. Stochastic Methods for Frontier Estimation: Update and Illustration [PDF]

Operations Research and Decisions
We estimate and compare a deterministic production frontier to a production frontier estimated using stochastic methods. This comparison is illustrated by estimating the Lerner index of monopoly power for a public sector producer.
William Weber, Shawna Grosskopf, Kathy Hayes, Heike Wetzel   +3 more
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Location, School Characteristics, and the Cost of School Meals

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reimburses schools for meals provided to students participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Reimbursement amounts are based on national average estimated costs of meal production.
Michael Ollinger, Katherine L. Ralston, Joanne F. Guthrie   +2 more
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Analysis of factors affecting the technical inefficiency on Indonesian palm oil plantation

Scientific Reports, 2022
Indonesia’s palm oil plantation is dominated by three actors. Among three actors, the productivity of smallholder farmers has the lowest productivity.
Irawati Abdul, Dyah Wulan Sari, Tri Haryanto, Thinzar Win   +3 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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Economias de escala na produção de frangos de corte no Brasil

Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 2005
Neste trabalho, estima-se os parâmetros de uma função de custos translog, que se mostrou adequada para representar a estrutura de custos do setor de produção de frangos de corte no Brasil.
Luís Alberto Ferreira Garcia, Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho   +1 more
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Production Gaps Among Farmers With Disabilities Are Associated With Limited Technology

Agricultural Economics, Volume 57, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT In sub‐Saharan Africa, agriculture is vital; however, the systematic exclusion of persons with disabilities from farming hinders sustainable development and social equity. Although several studies have analyzed productivity differentials across various dimensions of social exclusion, empirical evidence on technology access, farming efficiency,
Francis Tsiboe, Edward Martey, Jacob Asravor   +2 more
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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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The Timing of Learning by Exporting: An Empirical Investigation on Ethiopian Large and Medium Manufacturing Firms

Review of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 1182-1193, May 2026.
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, Eric Avenel, Jemal Abafita   +2 more
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REGIONAL FACTOR DEMAND IN U.S. WHEAT PRODUCTION [PDF]

This study applies a translog cost function to analyze factor demands in four U.S. wheat production regions. The results show that factor demands are inelastic across all regions.
Koo, Won W., Mao, Weining
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