The rice production of Bangladesh has been investigated using a Cobb-Douglas stochastic production function which incorporates a model for the technical inefficiency effects. Farm level primary data collected by stratified random sampling technique are used for this study. The factors identified...

A Translog stochastic cost frontier has been estimated simultaneously with the economic inefficiency effect model using maximum likelihood for different rice crops. To estimate farm-specific economic efficiencies, single estimation of Translog cost frontier has also been done. Different cost...

The first application of choice experiments as an environmental valuation method in Germany clearly demonstrates the potential of this method for the valuation of agriculture's multifunctionality. Choice experiments are a reasonable enhancement of the conjoint analysis as they are capable of...

With a population of 82.5 million, the German market is the largest in the EU and therefore of special interest for the trade partners. Despite an unsatisfying economic development in the last years (lowest GDP growth in the EU and rising unemployment, see Table 9 in the annex) Germany is still...

Input use efficiency and productivity of different sizes of farms producing FIYV Boro in some selected areas of Brahman Baria district were investigated by employing primarily a Cobb-Douglas production function. Returns to scale and farmer's capability of producing at the least cost level were...

The Grameen Bank has earned world-wide reputation. Its performance has been evaluated primarily from the institutional perspective by analysing recovery performance, contribution to rural poverty alleviation etc. This paper examines the performance of the Grameen Bank from the borrower...