Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the role of culture in general, and social distance in particular, in influencing the choice and efficiency of various contractual modes in developing country agriculture. It aims to focus on sharecropping, but the model...

This paper integrates trade and macro theory to provide a two-country, multi-product framework, including debt servicing and profit repatriation in the current account, and foreign money, financial assets and shares in the capital account. We investigate the effects of minimum wage legislation...

Purpose – The purpose of the research presented in this paper is to evaluate the efficiency and productivity of the European retailers. Design/methodology/approach – Applying a two-stage approach at individual and global levels, in this study the paper adopts the efficient frontier approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate productivity growth and technical progress bias in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Following the work of Kohli in 1978 and Diewert and Wales in 1992, the paper estimates output supply and input demand functions in the context of a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate productivity growth and technical progress bias in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Following the work of Kohli in 1978 and Diewert and Wales in 1992, the paper estimates output supply and input demand functions in the context of a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the role of culture in general, and social distance in particular, in influencing the choice and efficiency of various contractual modes in developing country agriculture. It aims to focus on sharecropping, but the model...

Purpose – The purpose of the research presented in this paper is to evaluate the efficiency and productivity of the European retailers. Design/methodology/approach – Applying a two‐stage approach at individual and global levels, in this study the paper adopts the efficient frontier...

This paper integrates trade and macro theory to provide a two‐country, multi‐product framework, including debt servicing and profit repatriation in the current account, and foreign money, financial assets and shares in the capital account. We investigate the effects of minimum wage...