ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to analyse the cost and profit efficiency of banksin South Africa. The cost … and profitefficiencies, with the most cost efficient banks also being most profit efficient.With regard to bank size, cost … verysimplistic and does not provide enough insight on real profit efficiency.This research uses a stochastic frontier model to …

that stock to reserve? This exposes a natural tension between the cost (in terms of time and money) of additional …

terms of ABC's of the 1990 CAA Amendments: abatement strategy, banking, and cost competitiveness. The implications of the … general principles presented in this paper on least cost emission reductions and emissions banking to hedge against risk are …

first purchase price, the f.o.b. and landed cost of imported crude oil, and the refiners` acquisition cost of crude oil …

This Deliverable No. 18b - Capital and Operating Cost Estimates includes a detailed presentation of the 12,500 BPD coal …-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant from the standpoint of capital, preoperations, start-up and operations cost estimation. The base capital cost estimate … cost estimate as well as separate estimates for preoperations, startup and operations activities were developed by Grace …

A comparison of ten models for computing the cost of hydrothermal energy is presented. This comparison involved a … identifying the most important parameters in the context of accurate estimates of cost of hydrothermal energy. Important features …