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Analyzing Differences in Rural Hospital Efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Nedelea, I. Cristian; Fannin, James Matthew; Barnes, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

This study analyzes difference in efficiency among the U.S. rural hospitals using a two-stage, semi-parametric approach. Data Envelopment Analysis is used in the first stage to calculate cost, technical and allocative efficiencies of Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and non-CAH rural hospitals....

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An application of the two-stage, semi-parametric approach with double bootstrap to analyze technical efficiency of Critical Access Hospitals

Nedelea, I. Cristian; Fannin, James Matthew - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

This study examines technical efficiency of Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) using a two-stage approach and bootstrap … second stage, efficiency scores are regressed on environmental variables using a truncated regression with bootstrap …. Alternatively, a double bootstrap procedure is used, where bias-corrected DEA efficiency scores, obtained by means of bootstrap in …

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Productivity Growth, Technical Efficiency and Technical Change on Minnesota Farms

Olson, Kent D.; Vu, Linh - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

panel data for 1993-2006 for farms in Southern Minnesota. Bootstrap methods were used to estimate confidence intervals for …

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Estimation and Inference for Threshold Effects in Panel Data Stochastic Frontier Models

Yelou, Clement; Larue, Bruno; Tran, Kien C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007

One of the most enduring problems in cross-section or panel data models is heterogeneity among individual observations. Different approaches have been proposed to deal with this issue, but threshold regression models offer intuitively appealing econometric methods to account for heterogeneity....

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Estimating the Costs of Revenue Deficiency Programs

Cooper, Joseph C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007

lower budgetary uncertainty for producers and the Federal government and in meeting multilateral commitments for limiting …

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Examining the Functional Specification of Two-Parameter Model under Location and Scale Parameter Condition

Nakashima, Takahiro - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006

The functional specification of mean-standard deviation approach is examined under location and scale parameter condition. Firstly, the full set of restrictions imposed on the mean-standard deviation function under the location and scale parameter condition are made clear. Secondly, the...

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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND THE OPTIMAL LOCATION OF THE FIRM UNDER UNCERTAINTY

Isik, Murat - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2003

abatement investment and taxes when the cost of the environmental regulation varies spatially under uncertainty. It contributes … environmental regulation uncertainty. An increase in the cost of the environmental regulation moves a risk-averse firm closer to the …. Uncertainty about environmental regulations in the form of the abatement investment and taxes also leads a risk-averse firm to …

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Yield and Area Elasticities. A Cost Function Approach with Uncertainty

Rosas, Francisco; Hayes, Dermot J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

-input firm, and introduces uncertainty in the level of target output which conditions the cost minimization problem, in the …

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The State Contingent Approach to Farmers' Valuation and Adoption of New Biotech Crops: Nitrogen-Fertilizer Saving and Drought Tolerance Traits

Jaramillo, Paul E.; Useche, Pilar; Barham, Bradford L.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

We used a state contingent approach to give a detailed analysis of the uncertainty surrounding seed trait adoption. Our …

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Advanced Biofuel Production in Louisiana Sugar Mills: an Application of Real Options Analysis

Darby, Paul M.; Mark, Tyler B.; Detre, Joshua D.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

In order to more fully study the risks and uncertainty involved in cellulosic ethanol production, we examine a …

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