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Determinants of Iowa Cropland Cash Rental Rates: Testing Ricardian Rent Theory
Du, Xiaodong; Hennessy, David A.; Edwards, William M. - 2007
Based on the Ricardian rent theory, this study employs the variable profit function to analyze the determinants of Iowa cropland cash rental rates using county-level panel data from 1987 to 2005. Accounting for spatial and temporal autocorrelations, responses of local cash rental rates to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445159
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Spatial dependence and individual-tree growth models I. Characterising spatial dependence
Fox, J. C.; Bi, H. Q.; Ades, P. K. - 2007
Spatial dependence in individual-tree diameter, and growth model residuals was characterised for an even-aged Eucalyptus pilularis (Smith) experiment in New South Wales,. Australia. The magnitude of spatial dependence changed as the dominance of competitive mechanisms and micro-site influences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448357
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DYNAMIC PANEL DATA MODELS WITH SPATIALLY CORRELATED DISTURBANCES
Mutl, Jan - 2006
This thesis considers a dynamic panel data model with error components that are correlated both spatially (cross-sectionally) and time-wise. The model extends the literature on dynamic panel data models with cross-sectionally independent error components. The model for spatial dependence is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450825
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Income Segregation and Local Progressive Taxation: Empirical Evidence from Switzerland
Schmidheiny, Kurt - 2003
Swiss metropolitan areas are comprised of a system of communities with considerable fiscal autonomy. This study investigates how the income tax differentials across communities in an urban area affect the households` location decisions. Data from the urban agglomeration of Basel for the year...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442367
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Impacts of Population and Income Growth Rates on Threatened Mammals and Birds
Pandit, Ram; Laband, David - 2011
Per capita income and human population levels in a country have direct influences on itsenvironmental outcomes. Countries with same level of income may have different rate ofincome growth and vice versa, suggesting that the influence of the rate of income growth onenvironmental outcomes could be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443801
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Enclosure Within and Without the Commons
McCann, Anthony - 2004
characterized as environments of enclosure, thus providing us with far greater explanatory power than the limiting models of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468428
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De-central Power Generation as Suitable Supplement to Urban Power Distribution Systems? Results from a Choice Experiment in India
Rommel, Kai; Sagebiel, Julian - 2011
"The power sector in the south IndianState of Andhra Pradesh faces a significant supply deficit as well as restrictions … terms of scheduled and unscheduled power cuts and peak deficit is continuously growing. Planned installments of new … generation power plants – mainly coal fired – will be carbon intensive but insufficient to cover power demand with growth rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468480
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The Forest Service's Quest for Power and Money: Implications of a Budget-Maximizing Agency
Stewart, Allison M. - 2005
The Forest Service manages land for a diverse array of purposes under the Multiple Use Doctrine. Many of these uses are incompatible and lead to conflict The goal of my research is to explain what guides the Forest Service's management decisions, since this is critical to understanding how...
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The Changing Role and Responsibilities of Audit Committees in the United States
Teed, Dan Graham - 2010
mechanisms to curb the power of corporate managers. Berle and Means, legal pluralists, warned about concentrating economic power … corporate governance and mitigation of unchecked corporate power. My analysis is a traditional empirical analysis, relying on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475003
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The power of teams: Do self-managing work teams influence managers' perceptions of potency?
Hass, Nicolette P. - 2005
development. Drawing from the power and influence literature, potency was established as a means by which to assess team …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475102