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Heterogeneous Students, Impartial Teaching and Optimal Allocation of Teaching Methods.
Lamagna, Carmen; Selim, Sheikh - EconWPA - 2005
This paper addresses the issue of identifying optimal mix of teaching methods for an instructor when students are of heterogeneous types. The exact student type cannot be identified ex ante which forces the instructor to act impartially and allocate teaching methods according to some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124923
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'Market penetration and pay-back period analysis of a solar photovoltaic system under Indian conditions'
Kolhe, Mohan Lal - EconWPA - 2005
The use of pay-back period analysis for economic evaluation of solar photovoltaic (PV) system reinforces the importance … of the duration of the system. In a dynamic economic environment, the cost of energy increases at a faster rate than the … economic system remain unchanged. The market penetration of the PV system has been determined in Indian economic conditions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124924
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Utility Probability Duality
Abbas - EconWPA - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124925
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Analysis on Energy Development of China
Guoying, Zhang; Pi-e, Zheng - EconWPA - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124926
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PUBLICATION PERFORMANCE OF ECONOMISTS AND ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS IN TURKEY (1999-2003)
cokgezen, murat - EconWPA - 2005
This is the first study evaluating publication performances of economists and economics departments in Turkey. Findings show wide gaps between the Top-Five economics departments and economists affiliated to these universities and the others. Publication patterns of Turkish economists are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124928
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GENDER AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MINING SECTOR IN INDIA
Nayak, Prof. Purusottam; Mishra, Prof. S.K. - EconWPA - 2005
promoting women’s economic advancement and reducing women’s poverty, by ensuring greater involvement of women in the mining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124929
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ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY IN A TRADITIONAL ORISSAN AGRICULTURE: A LINEAR PROGRAMMING APPROACH
Nayak, Prof. Purusottam - EconWPA - 2005
The present paper is a humble attempt to test the allocative efficiency of the farmers in a traditional Orissan agriculture system in terms of resource-use and crop selection. While examining their allocative efficiency it is noted that the rational farmers are not necessarily efficient farmers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124930
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Indian Agriculture
Kumar, Deepak - EconWPA - 2005
The Indian agricultural sector is leveraging the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to disseminate the right information at the right time. The cost factor in face-to-face information dissemination and the difficulties in reaching the target audiences have necessitated the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124931
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Review of Steven J. Rosenstone, Forecasting Presidential Elections (published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1983))
Armstrong, J. S. - EconWPA - 2005
Rosenstone develops a causal model to forecast political voting. The model seems reasonable; for example, it includes information about party, key issues, the economy, war, incumbency, region, and trends over time. Standard econometric methods are then used to determine how much weight should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062661
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UNDERSTANDING THE ENTITLEMENT APPROACH TO FAMINE
Nayak, Prof. Purusottam - EconWPA - 2005
The writings of the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen caused a huge stir when it challenged the popular view that famine was due to shortage of food. Though this view of Professor Sen was based on analysis of the Bengal famine that occurred in the year 1943, he subsequently analysed the contemporary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062662