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Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang +2 more
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On the Uniqueness of Wald Sequential Tests
Under certain mild restrictions on the distributions involved, it is shown that the probabilities of the two types of error uniquely determine the two bounds characterizing the Wald sequential probability ratio test.
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Unit Root Tests in Three-Regime SETAR Models [PDF]
This paper proposes a simple direct testing procedure to distinguish a linear unit root process from a globally stationary three-regime self-exciting threshold autoregressive process.
George Kapetanios, Yongcheol Shin
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Local power of the LR, Wald, score and gradient tests in dispersion models
We derive asymptotic expansions up to order $n^{-1/2}$ for the nonnull distribution functions of the likelihood ratio, Wald, score and gradient test statistics in the class of dispersion models, under a sequence of Pitman alternatives.
Ferrari, Silvia L. P., Lemonte, Artur J.
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the analgesic effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on post-endodontic pain (PEP) in paediatric patients after pulpectomy under dental general anaesthesia (DGA) compared to conventional treatment.
Meng Zhang +6 more
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ASSESSING SMALL SAMPLE WAR-GAMING DATASETS [PDF]
One of the fundamental problems faced by military planners is the assessment of changes to force structure. An example is whether to replace an existing capability with an enhanced system.
W. J. HURLEY, R. N. FARRELL
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Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
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Presentamos un estudio que evalúa y compara el desempeño de puebas de hipótesis e intervalos de confianza basados en la estadística de Wald con los basados en la estadística de razón de verosimilitud para los modelos logit y probit.
ARTUR JOSÉ LEMONTE +1 more
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ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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