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Evaluation of degrees of cost efficiency of agricultural enterprises
Střeleček, František; Lososová, Jana; Zdeněk, Radek; … - 2012
Authors deal in the paper with evaluation of cost efficiency of farms in years 2006–2009 based on authors’ database of farms classified according to level of cost/revenue ratio. After expressive growth of production in 2007 the number of farms with decreasing volume of production increased....
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Mandatory Works Councils in Germany: Their Effects on Productivity and Profits
Müller, Steffen - 2009
Arbeitnehmer haben in Deutschland das Recht zur Wahl von Betriebsräten. Betriebsräte haben gesetzliche Informations-, Konsultations- und Mitbestimmungsrechte. Die Effekte von Betriebsräten auf Produktivität und Gewinne von mittelgroßen Betrieben des verarbeitenden Gewerbes werden mit Daten...
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Individual QoS versus aggregate QoS: A loss performance study
Xu, Ying; Guérin, Roch A - 2005
This paper explores the differences that can exist between individual and aggregate loss guarantees in an environment … resources, e.g., bandwidth or buffer, required to ensure that all individual loss measures remain below their desired target …. This paper's contributions are in developing analytical models that enable the evaluation of individual loss probabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439223
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Job search with nonparticipation
Frijters, Paul; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2006
provide micro evidence that the job search environment of unemployed workers is non-stationary because of loss of skills. …
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RISIKOMANAGEMENTINSTRUMENTE IM VERGLEICH: SOLLTE MAN LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHE ERNTEVERSICHERUNGEN SUBVENTIONIEREN? – GUTE ALTE ARGUMENTE IN EINEM NEUEN STREIT
Hirschauer, Norbert; Musshoff, Oliver - 2008
Sowohl Ernteversicherungen als auch „Wetterderivate“ sind neuartigeRisikomanagementinstrumente, die eine Absicherung gegen Schäden aus nichtkatastrophalenWetterereignissen ermöglichen, in Deutschland aber bisher nicht verbreitet sind. Imvorliegenden Beitrag wird mit Hilfe eines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446376
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Effizienzanalysen von energie- und umweltpolitischen Regulierungsmodellen
Rommel, Kai - 2007
Die kumulative Habilitationsschrift setzt sich aus acht Publikationen und zwei eingereichten Artikeln zusammen, die umweltökonomische und energiewirtschaftliche Forschungsthemen behandeln. Der gemeinsame thematische Hintergrund der Einzelbeiträge besteht in der Analyse von...
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Attribute exclusion strategies in airline choice : accounting for exogenous information on decision maker processing strategies in models of discrete choice
Rose, John; Hensher, David; Greene, William; … - 2011
We examine the impact of individual-specific information processing strategies (IPSs) on the inclusion/exclusion of attributes on the parameter estimates and behavioural outputs of models of discrete choice. Current practice assumes that individuals employ a homogenous IPS with regards to how...
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Discrete Choice Models in Preference Space and Willingness-to Pay Space
Train, Kenneth; Weeks, Melvyn - 2004
In models with unobserved taste heterogeneity, distributional assumptions can be placed in two ways: (1) by specifying the distribution of coefficients in the utility function and deriving the distribution of willingness to pay (wtp), or (2) by specifying the distribution of wtp and deriving the...
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Are Urban Consumers in China Ready to Accept Biotech Foods?
Lin, William W.; Somwaru, Agapi; Tuan, Francis; Huang, Jikun - 2006
Based on a large-scale survey conducted in 11 large and small eastern cities in 2002, this study employs ordered probit models to estimate the effects of demographic and socio-economic variables on the likelihood of biotech food acceptance in China. This study also employs a dichotomous choice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442530