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Assessing the relationship between fuel and charcoal prices in Uganda

Alinaitwe, Grace; Bergland, Olvar - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 2, pp. 1-18

influence the retail price of charcoal. We specify a transportation cost model for charcoal supply and derive the reduced …-form equilibrium price function. We estimate an error-correction model for the equilibrium price with monthly data from July 2010 to … charcoal and the prices of diesel and other fuel types. As the price data are integrated of orders zero and one, the …

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Investor behavior in gold, US dollars and cryptocurrency during global pandemics

Kim, Yoochan; Topal, Erkan; Ghosh, Apurna Kumar; Asad, … - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 3, pp. 1-14

no direct causal relationship be-tween COVID-19 and the price of bitcoin. The USD index saw a significant increase during …

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Determinants of food security and technical efficiency among agricultural households in Nigeria

Oyetunde-Usman, Zainab; Olagunju, Kehinde Oluseyi - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 4/103, pp. 1-13

The challenge of food security in Nigeria hinges on several factors of which poor technical efficiency is key. Using a stochastic frontier framework, we estimated the technical efficiency of agricultural households in Nigeria and tested for the significance of mean technical efficiency of...

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Total factor productivity of agricultural firms in Vietnam and its relevant determinants

Mai Huong Giang; Tran Dang Xuan; Bui Huy Trung; Mai … - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 1/4, pp. 1-12

In Vietnam, agriculture is a key sector that promotes economic growth and poverty reduction. Therefore, improving productivity in agriculture is indispensable to the sustainability of the country. This research examined productivity and its determinants from 420 enterprises operating in...

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Technical efficiency of smallholder agriculture in developing countries : the case of Ethiopia

Tenaye, Anbes - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 2/34, pp. 1-27

The efficient use of inputs is indispensable in many developing countries, such as Ethiopia. This study assesses the level and determinants of technical efficiency of smallholder farmers using the true fixed effects (TFE) model. The TFE model separates inefficiency from unobserved heterogeneity....

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Cost of agricultural business equity capital : a theoretical and empirical study for Poland

Franc-Dąbrowska, Justyna; Mądra-Sawicka, Magdalena; … - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-15

This paper proposes a methodology for calculating the cost of equity for unlisted agricultural companies in Poland. An analysis of a fixed effects panel model was conducted on a sample of 79 agricultural enterprises from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) field of observation in...

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Did the plan Sénégal emergent affect cropping decisions in the Senegal River Basin?

Moss, Charles B.; Mbaye, Samba; Naseem, Anwar; Oehmke, … - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-17

One of the basic debates in African development is whether agriculture can be the instrument for the transformation of a rural economy. A common question is whether agricultural policies can provide the impetus to move agriculture in developing economies from subsistence to commercial...

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New evidence using a dynamic panel data approach : cereal supply response in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia

Tenaye, Anbes - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 3/61, pp. 1-24

economies. This study investigated the dynamic supply responses of major cereal crops to price and nonprice factors in Ethiopia … areas and produced yields of major crops (teff, wheat, and barley) are influenced by price and nonprice factors in Ethiopia … capable of analyzing market signals and responding positively to price increases of staple crops. The findings also imply that …

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A climate-economy policy model for Barbados

Kemp-Benedict, Eric; Drakes, Crystal; Canales, Nella - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 1/16, pp. 1-20

economy and external debt. With climate change, increasing storm damage adds to external debt as the loss of productive …

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The effects of fiscal policy on non-oil economic growth

Hasanov, Fakhri J.; Mammadov, Fuad; Al-Musehel, Nayef - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-21

small compared to the findings of earlier studies due to, we believe, the low oil-price environment and different …

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