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Technological Innovation and Efficiency in the Nigerian Maize Sector: Parametric Stochastic and Non-parametic Distance Function Approaches
Aye, Goodness C.; Mungatana, Eric D. - 2010
of technical, allocative and cost efficiency with respect to technological innovationand other policy factors are robust … education, access to credit andextension among others could promote technical, allocative and cost efficiency, reduce …
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A metafrontier model to assess regional efficiency differences
Matawie, Kenan M.; Assaf, Albert - University of Western Sydney; Victoria University; … - 2008
The major aim of this paper is to model, estimate and compare the technical efficiency and technology gap ratios of … model is that it allows for the estimation of firms' efficiency in of various groups that might differ in technology and … analyse the difference in health care food efficiency across the various Australian regions. The interesting feature of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481919
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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006
Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006
Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432547
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AEC industry culture: a need for change
Weippert, Achim; Kajewski, Stephen L. - 2004
participants to do business through information and communication technology (ICT) tools and systems is dependent on the innovation … of the user, not only the technology itself – i.e. the successful implementation of ICT requires careful consideration to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437525
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Export specialization and economic growth
Plumper, T; Graff, M - 2001
Traditional economic wisdom claims that - while global economic integration is beneficial for economic performance - a country's trade specialization pattern has no impact on its economic performance. In this paper, we seek to cast doubt on this aspect of mainstream economics using a very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448494
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The didactic value of linking models: experiences from the LEI model funnel
Helming, John F.M.; Banse, Martin - 2008
The complexity of agri-environmental economic issues is such thata model that is fully consistent at all levels of aggregation and alltype of questions to be addressed is not available at the AgriculturalEconomics Research Institute in the Hague LEI. Such a model isprobably also not feasible. At...
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Regional Socioeconomic Impacts of Livestock Regulation - an Integrated Modelling Approach
Hasler, Berit; Jensen, Jorgen Dejgaard; Madsen, Bjarne; … - 2002
This paper addresses the combination of environmental regulation and rural development using an integrated economic modelling approach. Specifically, the regional impacts of regulating livestock density at the farm level are analysed in a projected 2010 setting. This scenario is motivated by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443840
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Myopia of Health-Care Reform Using Business Models
Kenneth, MacInnes; McAlister, Vivian C. - 2001
Background: Health-care institutions have looked to business for models to respond to the requirement for reform. This has changed the perspective of institutions that were founded on charitable principles, and managed with liberal employment policies and deficit budgeting. Using lesions from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447213
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EPRI Cogeneration Models -- DEUS and COPE
1983
In the Fall of 1978, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) initiated a program for the design and evaluation of alternate cogeneration systems. The primary objective of the study is to analyze the overall system value of cogeneration. A portion of the study involved the development of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464942
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Effets d'une réforme fiscale sur l'offre de travail des ménages dans un cadre collectif simulé
Bargain, Olivier; Moreau, Nicolas - 2006
La littérature contient très peu de recherches empiriques concernant les effets distributifs du système sociofiscal à l’intérieur du ménage. Nous simulons cet effet dans le cadre du modèle collectif d’offre de travail lorsque l’on passe d’une taxation jointe à une taxation...
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