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On Nonparametric Estimation: With a Focus on Agriculture
Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Pasurka, Carl; … - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 5 (2013) 1, pp. 93-110
We review nonparametric estimation of efficiency and productivity, by which we mainly mean activity analysis, or data envelopment analysis (DEA). The review covers topics that we hope will be of special interest to those doing research in the realm of agriculture. We also include a brief...
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Impacts of energy shocks on US agricultural productivity growth and commodity prices—A structural VAR analysis
Wang, Sun Ling; McPhail, Lihong - In: Energy Economics 46 (2014) C, pp. 435-444
We examine the impacts of energy price shocks on U.S. agricultural productivity growth and commodity prices' volatility by developing a structural VAR model. We use historical annual data of real U.S. gasoline prices, agricultural total factor productivity (TFP), real GDP, real agricultural...
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Agricultural Productivity and Economic Growth
Gollin, Douglas - In: Handbook of Agricultural Economics
In most poor countries, large majorities of the population live in rural areas and earn their livelihoods primarily from agriculture. Many rural people in the developing world are poor, and conversely, most of the world's poor people inhabit rural areas. Agriculture also accounts for a...
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Chapter 73 Agricultural Productivity and Economic Growth
Gollin, Douglas - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 4, (pp. 3825-3866). 2010
In most poor countries, large majorities of the population live in rural areas and earn their livelihoods primarily from agriculture. Many rural people in the developing world are poor, and conversely, most of the world's poor people inhabit rural areas. Agriculture also accounts for a...
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Neoclassical Growth and Commodity Trade
Cunat, Alejandro; Maffezzoli, Marco - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 7 (2004) 3, pp. 707-736
We construct a dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin model in which the initial distribution of production factors across economies makes factor price equalization impossible. The model produces dynamics similar to those of the neoclassical growth model. However, free trade prevents identically parameterized...
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Prospects for Further (South-) Eastern EU Enlargement: from Divergence to Convergence?
Gligorov, Vladimir; Holzner, Mario; Landesmann, Michael - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2003
This paper looks at the experience of South East Europe which -- for the purposes of this paper -- includes the former states of Yugoslavia except for Slovenia (i.e. Croatia, Serbia-Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia), Albania, and the two EU candidate countries, Bulgaria and Romania....
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Unconditional Convergence
Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Unlike economies as a whole, manufacturing industries exhibit unconditional convergence in labor productivity. The … the period since 1990. The coefficient of unconditional convergence is estimated quite precisely and is large, at 3 …
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Summary of a Workshop on Global Convergence Scenarios: Structural and Policy Issues
Vanston, Nick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
-country convergence of per capita GDP, to what extent they operate in practice, and the implications for policies, including those …
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Productivity and Convergence in a Panel of OECD Industries: Do Regulations and Institutions Matter?
Scarpetta, Stefano; Tressel, Thierry - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
convergence in productivity levels within most industries across OECD countries. Convergence is however stronger in services than … is also evidence in the ... Productivité et convergence sur un panel de secteurs industriels des pays de l'OCDE : Une … harmonisée. Tout d’abord, nous montrons qu’il y a eu convergence des niveaux de productivité pour la plupart des industries …
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Technological Diffusion, Convergence and Growth
Barro, Robert J.; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
We construct a model that combines elements of endogenous growth with the convergence implications of the neoclassical … costs to increase reduces followers' growth rates and thereby generates a pattern of conditional convergence. We discuss how …
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