This paper investigates the nonparametric analysis of technology under non-convexity. The analysis extends two … approaches now commonly used in efficiency and productivity analysis: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) where convexity is imposed … non-convexity is too extreme. We propose a new nonparametric model that relies on a neighborhood-based technology …

decreases profits and increases financial risk, but generates social capital which can be drawn upon during periods of economic … discounts, and social capital. Results delineate financial risks involved and value of social capital. …

amounts of capital, labor, and management and empirically estimate this relationship. New York dairy farm financial data are … partnership income among operators’ labor, capital, and management while controlling for heterogeneity arising from differing herd …

Farmer’s post adoption responses about technology are important in continuation and diffusion of a technology in …

This paper introduces technology choice and credit access constraints in Melitz (2003) model under a dynamic setting to … are specifically relevant in a developing country context are firm's access to credit and frontier level technology. The … theoretical model confirms that firms face varying levels of credit constraints depending on their initial productivity and small …

technology. …

We study the relationship between industry-level investments in intangible capital (IC) and three key economic … indicators in China. We find that investments in IC are productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises—more so in domestically …