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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 owned than in foreign invested enterprises. Consistent...
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This research examines the robustness of four different estimation approaches to evaluate their ability to estimate a “true” cost frontier and associated economic measures. The manuscript evaluates three parametric methods including a two-sided error system, OLS with only positive errors,...
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participation in maize grain marketing in Zambia using descriptive statistics and vector auto-regression (VAR). This was achieved by … discovery occured in maize meal market although government intervened in maize grain marketing. The study concluded that …
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Forecasts of U.S. ending stocks for corn, soybean, and wheat issued by the USDA and private analysts are evaluated. The null hypothesis that USDA forecasts are unbiased cannot be rejected. The null hypothesis that private analysts' forecasts are unbiased forecasts of USDA forecasts cannot be...
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The US held the largest share in the Japanese sorghum market for 20 years. However, in recent years Australia’s share of the same market has been constantly growing to claim the top position despite the fact that the US sorghum price is cheaper in that country. The ratio of US vs Australian...
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conclusion. This study finds that stricter environmental regulation stringency decreases the net export and production share of … the most polluting production, which provides the evidence for pollution haven effect (PHE). However, we find no evidence … polluting production as trade openness increases. We also find that the ability to innovate in environmental-related technology …
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