This paper examines the empirical evidence of a theoretical economic model of the effect of labor organization on IPM adoption developed by Beckmann and Wes seler (2003). We use cross section data collected from the participatory farming system survey of 150 durian growers in Chanthaburi,...

There is a wide range of evaluation methods. On the basis of which criteria should one methodbe chosen? On what scientific foundations are the results of numerous evaluations based? Howcan reliability and empirical validity be tested? The relevance of such questions is heightened innew fields of...

Corporate Venture Capital bezeichnet die Finanzierung von Jungunternehmen durch etablierte Firmen. Diese Dissertation untersucht anhand eines Datensatzes die Unterschiede zwischen Venture Capital und Corporate Venture Capital und eruiert die Einflussfaktoren auf das Umsatz- und...

This dissertation consists of four essays which investigate efficiency analysis, especiallywhen non-discretionary inputs exist. A new approach of the multi-stage Data EnvelopmentAnalysis (DEA) for non-discretionary inputs, statistical inference discussions, andapplications are provided. In the...

This paper presents a new axiomatic decision theory for choice under uncertainty. Unlike Bayesian decision theory where uncertainty is represented by a probability function, in our theory, uncertainty is given in the form of a likelihood function extracted from statistical evidence. The...

Using weekly price data for two sub-periods, this paper analyzes how Ugandanmaize market performed in the years following agricultural market liberalization in theearly 1990’s. For each time period, the extent of integration, causality among spatiallocations, and relative importance of spatial...