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CAP subsidies and productivity of the EU farms
Rizov, Marian; Pokrivcak, Jan; Ciaian, Pavel - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
The paper investigates the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies on farm total factor productivity (TFP) in the European Union (EU). We employ a structural semi-parametric estimation algorithm directly incorporating the effect of subsidies into a model of unobserved...
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Investment and Change in the Coconut Industry of North Sulawesi: An Equilibrium Displacement Analysis
Henderson, Benjamin B.; Henry, Lynn A.; MacAulay, T. Gordon - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
The coconut industry of North Sulawesi is dominated by a small number of products which are primarily exported from the province. Accordingly, demand for these products is generally very elastic. Conversely, the supply of coconuts is highly inelastic, especially in the short to medium-term....
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Donor Aid Cuts, Kenya Elections Affect Uganda Business Climate
Joseph, Mawejje - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012
In the October – December quarter of 2012, the business climate index declined to 4.5 points having recorded a score of 8 points in the previous (July – September) quarter. The deterioration of business environment perceptions emanated from elevated risks arising from the budget support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915589
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Investment in Cellulosic Biofuel Refineries: Does the Waivable Mandate Matter?
Miao, Ruiqing; Babcock, Bruce A.; Hennessy, David A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) aims to support investment in cellulosic biofuel refineries by mandating a floor on the … conceptual model to study the impact of RINs on stimulating investment in cellulosic biofuel refineries under a waivable mandate …. In a two-period framework, we compare the first-period investment level in three scenarios: (1) laissez-faire, (2) non …
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Firm performance and macro-economic variables
McNamara, Ray; Duncan, Keith - 1995
-Push Theories, Monetary Economics, and Savings-Investment theories. Three factors emerged and were labelled as an Output Factor …
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Does Capital Market Myopia Affect Plant Productivity? Evidence from Going Private Transactions
Dittmar, Amy - 2010
decision effects. Also, we do not find evidence that myopic markets lead to under-investment at the establishment level. On the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476643
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Rain, rain, go away? The investment climate, state–business relations and firm performance in India
Kathuria, Vinish; Raj, S.N. Rajesh; Sen, Kunal - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 4 (2011) 2, pp. 172-186
It is commonly argued that a better investment climate reform – i.e., lower distortions in the institutional, policy …, we argue that effective State–Business Relations (SBRs) condition better investment climate outcomes and that the …
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What drives firm growth? Evidence from the Greek industry
Makris, Ilias A. - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 7 (2014) 1, pp. 17-27
This work deals with the strongly debated issue of firm growth. A large dataset of Greek firms from various sectors is used, including economic and non-economic indices, to examine the role of several indicators and firm characteristics in economic performance. The period between 2002 and 2009...
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Human capital elements and performance of small-scale manufacturing firms in Tanzania
Mahadea, Darma; Mkocha, Aira; Ramroop, Shaun - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 3 (2012) 2, pp. 164-178
that is increasingly knowledge-based. Investment in education and training improves individual and organisational …
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The Relationship between Underinvestment, Overinvestment and CEO's Compensation
Baxamusa, Mufaddal - In: Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies … 15 (2012) 03, pp. 1250014-1
investments such as R&D, acquisitions, and change in assets. It appears that the positive relationship between investment and …
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