ESTIMATING EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION EXPENDITURES ON PRODUCTIVITY: A TRANSLOG PRODUCTION FUNCTION APPROACH [PDF]
The effects of agricultural research and extension expenditures on productivity in the United States are estimated during the period 1949-81 using data for ten production regions.
Lu, Yao-Chi +2 more
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POLICY CHANGE AND THE DAIRY COOPERATIVES SECTOR, 1980-1988: AN EXAMINATION OF OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE [PDF]
This paper employs the dual approach to trace the impact of public policy instruments upon the operational and financial performance of U.S. dairy cooperatives.
Crooks, Anthony C.
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A Novel Hybrid Parametric and Non-Parametric Optimisation Model for Average Technical Efficiency Assessment in Public Hospitals during and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]
Bioengineering (Basel), 2021 Mirmozaffari M +5 more
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EFFICIENCY IN COMMUNITY DEVELPOMENT LOAN FUNDS [PDF]
We study the efficiency of Community Development Loan Funds (CDLFs) in the U.S.A. between 2002 and 2005. We find that the largest CDLFs tend to be most efficient and that efficiency decreases with age and the proportion of minority representation on the ...
Hartarska, Valentina M. +1 more
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MULTIPLE-OUTPUT PRODUCTION MODELED WITH THREE FUNCTIONAL FORMS [PDF]
Aggregate dual models are specified to examine multiple-output production relationships in each of four major, geographically dispersed, agricultural states (California, Iowa, Texas, and Florida).
Shumway, C. Richard +1 more
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Stochastic frontier approach to efficiency analysis of health facilities in providing services for non-communicable diseases in eight LMICs. [PDF]
Int Health, 2023 Bala MM, Singh S, Gautam DK.
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A CLASS OF SEPARABILITY FLEXIBLE FUNCTIONAL FORMS [PDF]
Quadratic flexible forms, such as the translog and generalized Leontief, are separability inflexible. That is, separability restrictions render them inflexible with regard to separable structures.
Driscoll, Paul J., McGuirk, Anya M.
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A multi-output analysis of the iron and steel industry [PDF]
, 1984 Bibliography: p ...
Turnovsky, Michelle H.
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Financial and factor demand analysis of broiler production in Bangladesh. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2021 Kamruzzaman M, Islam S, Rana MJ.
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RECENT DUALITY CONTRIBUTIONS IN PRODUCTION ECONOMICS [PDF]
This article is a limited assessment of the agricultural production economics literature since 1982 that resulted from dual modeling approaches.
Shumway, C. Richard
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