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Empirical support for global integrated assessment modeling: Productivity trends and technological change in developing countries' agriculture and electric power sectors
Sathaye, Jayant A. - 2009
and analyzing statistical data on productivity trends and technological change in the energy-intensive manufacturing … also examine the impact of alternative model specifications on estimates of productivity growth and technological change …. malleable-- in contributing to productivity growth and technological change. The project has already produced a data resource on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435944
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Firm productivity and exports: Evidence from Ethiopian manufacturing firms
Bigsten, Arne; Gebreeyesus, Mulu - 2009
This paper examines the causal relationship between exporting and productivity using a ten years long plant-level panel … data set from an annual census of Ethiopian manufacturing, rarely available in the sub-Saharan Africa. We exploited its … length to trace the trajectory of TFP and other productivity measures of groups of firms classified by their export history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475913
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The transition of the manufacturing industry in Berlin/Brandenburg paying particular consideration to exports : an empirical analyze with official micro data
Mangelsdorf, Stefan - 2009
thesis is the transition of the manufacturing industry in the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg. After reunification … on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449074
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Impact of reforms on plant-level productivity and technical efficiency: Evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, SK; Kumbhakar, SC - 2007
while there was an increase in the productivity of factor inputs during the 1990s, most of the growth in value added is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481429
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Information-seeking and sharing behaviors among fire service field staff instructors: a qualitative study
Ruan, Lian J. - 2011
Fire service field staff instructors seek and share information and use information sources during their instructional work of teaching, training and curriculum development. This study is the first attempt to study their information-seeking and sharing behaviors, which have not previously been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477628
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The Determinants of Self-Employed Income in a Regional Economy
Swindall, Devin C.; Willis, David B.; Boys, Kathryn A.; … - 2011
Supporters claim that entrepreneurship is critical to building and sustaining the regional economies of urban and rural areas across the nation. Proponents argue that economic development practices that enhance and support entrepreneurship are essential because they cultivate innovation which,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444355
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New developments in fruit and vegetables consumption in the period 1999-2004 in Denmark - A quantile regression approach
Hansen, Aslak H. - 2008
The development in the consumption of fruit andvegetables in the period 1999-2004 in Denmark wasinvestigated using quantile regression and two previouslyoverlooked problems were identified. First, the change in theten percent quantile samples decreased. This could have beencaused by changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445727
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Forecasting the consumption effect of taxing foods containing saturated fat
Hansen, Aslak H. - 2009
The purpose of the current paper is to explain how one can forecast the effect of an elected tax on saturatedfat on the demand for butter. The tax is to take affect from the first of January 2010 in Denmark. The tax is supposedto affect the consumption of saturated fat and especially high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445972
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Applying regression quantiles to farm efficiency estimation
Kaditi, Eleni A.; Nitsi, Elisavet I. - 2010
productivity in a uniform way. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446076
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A two-stage productivity analysis using bootstrapped Malmquist index and quantile regression
Kaditi, Eleni A.; Nitsi, Elisavet I. - 2009
This paper examines the effects of farm characteristics and government policies in enhancing productivity growth for a … productivity growth estimates are regressed on various covariates using a bootstrapped quantile regression approach. The effect … that the covariates exert on productivity growth of the average producer is analyzed, as well as the marginal effect of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446381