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Capital as a factor of production in OECD agriculture: measurement and data.
Ball, V. Eldon; Lindamood, W.A.; Nehring, Richard; San … - 2008
capital input via relative investment goods prices, taking into account the flow of capital input per unit of capital stock in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429438
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Links among farm productivity, off-farm work, and farm size in the Southeast.
Yee, J.; Ahearn, M.C.; Huffman, W. - 2004
This paper examines the linkages among agricultural total factor productivity, farm size, and farm household participation in the off-farm labor market for the Southeastern states for the period 1960-1996. We find evidence of a simultaneous relationship between productivity and measures of farm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429489
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The Construction of a Firm's Governance Structure in a Setting of Uncertainty.
O'Donoghue, Erik J. - 2004
Why does the firm look the way it does? Why does it have the structures it has? In particular, what is the function of the board of directors? Many papers have tried, and failed, to link the board's structure to the performance of the firm. Might the board have an alternative rationale for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429492
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Profit patterns across American agriculture.
Blank, S.C.; Erickson, K.W.; Moss, C.B. - 2005
To remain viable, agriculture in each location must offer returns that are competitive with those from alternative investments and sufficient to cover producers' financial obligations. Economic theory says that rates of return converge over time as resources flow into more-profitable industries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429574
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I.T. investment and intangibles : evidence from banks
Martín Oliver, Alfredo; Salas Fumás, Vicente - 2010
This paper models the investment behaviour of a multi-asset firm with market power that accumulates valuable intangible … assets to complement the IT capital. The investment model is estimated using data from Spanish banks on assets of different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530321
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The significance of host country incentives in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)
Sello, Rethabile - 2007
regarded the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) as their main source of capital for development. In response to this …, countries have also liberalised their policies, making their investment climate friendlier to FDI. This has been accompanied by … increased competition amongst such countries to attract FDI, resulting in higher investment incentive packages offered by host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442107
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Formation of tax strategy of innovative development of national economy of Byelorussia: Tax policy as the tool of development of innovative economy
Elena, Kireeva - 2009
The effective way of development of national economy is defined by leading value of scientific and technical progress and intellectualization of major factors of manufacture. On a share of the new knowledge embodied in technologies, the equipment, formation, the organization of manufacture in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475932
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The impact of hybrid electric vehicle incentives on demand and the determinants of hybrid electric vehicle adoption
Riggieri, Alison - 2011
This dissertation identifies the average treatment effect of state level incentives for hybrid vehicles, identifies individual-level predictors of early adopters, and attempts to understand why states adopt these incentives. These questions are estimated using traditional parametric techniques,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476111
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Buying growth, or selling out? : a study of the Massachusetts Economic Development Incentive Program
Shepherd, Toby G. - 2007
Launched in 1994, the Massachusetts Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP) is a state and local partnership designed to relieve unemployment, redevelop blighted commercial districts and promote economic growth by providing tax incentives for businesses relocating or expanding in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460809
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Exploratory Study of the Impact of Research and Development Tax Incentives in South Africa
Letaba, Petrus - 2012
the impacts of R&D tax incentives on financial performancecompetitiveness, and on R&D investment patterns. It was also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481299