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Analyzing cost efficient production behavior under economies of scope : a nonparametric methodology
Cherchye, Laurens (contributor); Rock, Bram de (contributor) - 2006
"In designing a production model for firms that generate multiple outputs, we take as a starting point that such multi-output production refers to economies of scope, which in turn originate from joint input use and input externalities. We provide a nonparametric characterization of cost...
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SISTA: learning optimal transport costs under sparsity constraints
Carlier, Guillaume; Dupuy, Arnaud; Galichon, Alfred; … - 2021
In this paper, we describe a novel iterative procedure called SISTA to learn the underlying cost in optimal transport problems. SISTA is a hybrid between two classical methods, coordinate descent ("S"-inkhorn) and proximal gradient descent ("ISTA"). It alternates between a phase of exact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519120
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Becker meets Ricardo : multisector matching with social and cognitive skills
McCann, Robert J.; Shi, Xianwen; Siow, Aloysius; … - 2012
communicate and coordinate at lower resource cost. The theory delivers full task specialization in the labor and education markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537710
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Technical efficiency, unions and decentralized labor contracts
Devicienti, Francesco; Manello, Alessandro; Vannoni, Davide - 2016
, and its robust version based on bootstrap theory, to get reliable estimates of technical efficiency at the firm level in a …
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A measure of well-being efficiency based on the world happiness report
Sarracino, Francesco; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
We estimate a measure of well-being efficiency that assesses countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective well-being (Cantril ladder). We use the six inputs (real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom of choice, absence of corruption, and generosity)...
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When, where and how to perform efficiency estimation
Badunenko, Oleg; Henderson, Daniel J.; Kumbhakar, Subal - 2011
In this paper we compare two flexible estimators of technical efficiency in a cross-sectional setting: the nonparametric kernel SFA estimator of Fan, Li and Weersink (1996) to the nonparametric bias corrected DEA estimator of Kneip, Simar and Wilson (2008). We assess the finite sample...
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Efficiency in poverty reduction : a state-level analysis for Bolivia
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Puerta-Cuartas, Alejandro; … - 2024
A decline in poverty generally masks regional disparities that are due to varying efficiency among states. Using a generalized true random-effects model, we distinguish between persistent and transient inefficiencies on subnational efficiency to reduce poverty and its determinants in Bolivia....
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Multitasking and subjective performance evaluations : theory and evidence from a field experiment in a bank
Manthei, Kathrin; Sliwka, Dirk - 2018
experiment conducted in a bank. In the treatment group managers obtained access to objective performance measures which raised …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871952
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The effect of employment protection on worker effort : a comparison of absenteeism during and after probation
Ichino, Andrea; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2001
. Our analysis is based on weekly observations for the 858 white collar workers hired by a large Italian bank between …
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Help in a foreign land : internationalized banks and firms' export
Brancati, Emanuele - 2022
's domestic bank by an internationalized banking group. Our results show that, after the acquisition, firms have a significantly … higher probability of starting export in countries where the consolidated bank has a foreign branch, which proxies for the … mainly reduce firms' fixed entry costs in a foreign market. The analysis also shows that other channels, such as bank credit …
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