effects model suggest that, consistent with theory, pasture area declines and forest is spared in lots located closer to …

decomposes unobserved heterogeneity in profitability into firm and industry effects and quantifies the relative importance of …, significantly enhances profitability, but also that this relationship is not identical among firms …

This paper identifies the determinants of firm profitability and quantifies their relative importance. Using a panel of … and across firms. Estimation results indicate that firm profitability is predominantly determined by firm … effects, productivity and productivity persistence enhance profitability …

The deregulation of dairy marketing that occurred on 1 July 2000 is a fascinating case study in microeconomic reform …. The role of interacting industry and institutional features in the movement to deregulation is explained, with political … realities being recognised. A key part of the deregulation bundle was an unprecedented "structural adjustment" package valued at …

The issue of profitability of the agricultural production is often discussed within the framework of the problems of … agricultural economics. The study showed a diversification in the profitability of the milk production depending on the cow herd … measure of the milk production’s economic efficiency was the profitability index (revenues-to-economic costs ratio), the …