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Institutions and efficiency in transition economies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper analyzes the effects of political and economic institutions on efficiency of transition economies over the 1995-2005 period. Perpetual Inventory Method is used to construct capital series for these countries, and then stochastic production ...
Dang, V
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The Impact of Water Hyacinth on the Welfare of Fishing Communities: Evidence From Lake Tana Fisheries, Ethiopia

open access: yesAquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Water hyacinth (hereafter, WH) is known as ‘the green devil' and becomes a threat to the fishing community whose livelihood solely relies on fishing activities. Although there are immense assessment studies related to WH, the real causal impact of this invasive weed on the fishing community has not yet been properly quantified. In filling this
Erkie Asmare, Yibeltal Aragaw
wiley   +1 more source

Demand for energy in Zimbabwe industries: an aggregated demand analysis

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Rejecting capital-skill complementarity at all costs [PDF]

open access: yes
Any serious empirical study of factor substitutability has to allow the data to display complementarity as well as substitutability. The standard approach reflecting this idea is a translog specification – this is also the approach used by numerous ...
Frondel, Manuel, Schmidt, Christoph M.
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Productivity comparisons: the european union agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
This paper ail11s at l11easuring the total factor productivity (TFP) of the European agricultural finns. With a Translog index, an interspatial comparison of tIle twelve European countries and intertel11poral productivity variations are computed to ...
Decimavilla Herrero, Esther   +1 more
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The Impact of Credit and Training on Farmers Efficiency: A Semi‐Parametric Meta‐Frontier Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Volume 70, Issue 2, Page 457-469, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several constraints, which affect their productivity. To reduce these constraints and enhance productivity, government and non‐governmental agencies implement programmes that provide credit and training to farmers.
Anthony Baffoe‐Bonnie   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Penentuan Ekonomi Skala Usaha Dengan Fungsi Keuntungan: Landasan Teoritis Dengan Contoh Fungsi Cobb-Douglas Dan Translog [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
EnglishUnderstanding the economic of scale is important in determining the efficient size of production. Economic of scale may be determined using production function, cost function, and profit function.
Simatupang, P. (Pantjar)
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One‐Way Versus Two‐Way Postacquisition Integration Efforts: Theory and Evidence

open access: yesJournal of Economics &Management Strategy, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 354-375, Summer 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Affecting U.S. Demand for Reduced-Fat Fluid Milk

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1996
U.S. fluid milk consumption has changed dramatically since the early 1970s. Whole milk accounted for over 81% of commercial fluid milk disappearance in 1970. By 1993, this percentage was less than 39%.
Brian W. Gould
doaj   +1 more source

TESTING FOR DISEQUILIBRIUM IN THE DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURAL INPUTS [PDF]

open access: yes
A dynamic system of cost-share equations for agricultural inputs is used to test for the presence of input disequilibrium. This dynamic system incorporates a disequilibrium adjustment process into input-share equations derived from a translog cost ...
LeBlanc, Michael, Lutton, Thomas
core   +1 more source

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