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Learning in Organic Farming An Application on Finnish Dairy Farms [PDF]

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Organic farming technology may be relatively unknown to farmers at the time when they switch from conventional into organic farming. Therefore, experience gained over time and learning by doing may be important determinants in the efficiency of organic ...
Oude Lansink, Alfons G.J.M.   +1 more
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Economies of Scale in the Canadian Food Processing Industry [PDF]

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Cost functions for three Canadian manufacturing agri-food sectors (meat, bakery and dairy) are estimated using provincial data from 1990 to 1999. A translog functional form is used and the concavity property is imposed locally. The Morishima substitution
Bonroy, Olivier   +2 more
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NAFTA¡¯S IMPACT ON THE MEXICAN AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR [PDF]

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The findings discussed here are the outcome of continuing research on the Mexican automotive industry and include data for several years during which the NAFTA was in effect.
Dale B. Truett, Lila J. Truett
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Evaluating Agricultural Banking Efficiency Using the Fourier Flexible Functional Form [PDF]

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This study applied more flexible cost functional form, Fourier Flexible Functional Form, and tested the validity of the Translog cost functional form as to estimate the cost function incorporating risk and loan's quality for banking industry.
Deng, Xiaohui   +2 more
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