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In a simple Neoclassical Growth Model with endogenous technical change, I expand on the hypothesis of Induced Innovation including a production externality from a xed input, called `land', which represents the carrying capacity of the earth's atmosphere. Land is assumed to be congested by the...
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general equilibrium model, this paper argues that climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity in Africa …
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The paper, mostly empirical in nature, investigates issues on cross-national new information and communication technologies (ICTs) adoption patterns and growth directions. In the period of 2000-2010, a great number of countries underwent substantial changes on the field of ICTs implementation....
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Technical advances in retail banking have had profound repercussions for the competitiveness of individual firms and for the sector as a whole. This paper looks at the role played by new technological resources within the context of organizational change and the products and services offered by...
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production in Kagera, Tanzania, reducing total factor productivity. We also quantify how much this negative effect contributes to … knowledge stock as total factor productivity and the contribution of this negative effect to the decrease in agricultural income …
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between 2005/2006 – period in which we observe a remarkable downfall in the use of inputs in Brazilian agriculture. …
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The productivity growth in agriculture is both a necessary and sufficient condition for the development of the sector … as well as the economy. This paper has reviewed the different methodologies of measuring the total factor productivity …, factor shares, value added vs. gross value of output, etc. related to measurement of TFP in agriculture. It also focuses on …
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production in Kagera, Tanzania, reducing total factor productivity. We also quantify how much this negative effect contributes to … knowledge stock as total factor productivity and the contribution of this negative effect to the decrease in agricultural output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462313
Vietnam and the productivity effect on plot level and whole farm rice growing . We show that land titles are indeed important …
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grounds of low productivity and economic viability. Sustainability of SMEs is argued to depend on improving labour … productivity (LP) through technological upgradation. In a developing economy this may be a costly proposition due to capital … scarcity. So, the effect of technological changes on productivity levels has to be estimated before taking such policies. This …
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