Analysis (DEA) have become very popular in the analysis of productive efficiency. This paper undertakes a comparison of the SFA and the constant returns to scale (CRS) and variable returns to scale (VRS) output-oriented DEA models, based on a sample of 165 dairy farms in Greece. However, the aim...

In this article, premium risk concept is used to value the cost of water uncertainty for a risk adverse farmer in the Segura Basin. The obtained estimation would proportionate the increment in the willingness to pay for a more secure resource. This calculus can be taken into account by...

This paper contributes with an empirical analysis, using a sample of farms, on the influence of size on cost behaviour under operational and tactical flexibility. Results indicate that small farms behave advantageously with respect to biggest farms in situations of operational and tactical...

In a relatively recent paper, Gehrig and Stenbacka (Eur Econ Rev 51, 77–99, 2007) show that information sharing increases banks’ profits to the detriment of creditworthy entrepreneurs in a model of a banking duopoly with switching costs and poaching. They restrict their analysis to the case...

This paper examines the dynamic process of quality adjustment in cases where the economy lacks a sufficient number of markets for coordinating the level of attributes that configure the qualities of products. It shows that an adjustment process through the development and selection of...

This study aims to evaluate, in terms of their cardinal, ordinal, and dichotomy consistency, five alternative comercial specialization indicators: a Balassa symmetric index version; a Chi-Squared Index; and the Relative Trade Advantage Index, all these three based on revealed comparative...

This research examines whether firms with different levels of export intensity differ with respect to the competitive elements that sustain their competitiveness in foreign markets, as well as on marketing strategies implemented in their commercial activity abroad. To this end, we examine a...

Griechenland hat lange Zeit über seine Verhältnisse gelebt und sich im Ausland verschuldet. Die hohe Staatsschuld ist nur ein Ausdruck der Probleme, die eigentliche Ursache ist die unzureichende Wirtschaftskraft. Die vorrangige politische Aufgabe besteht darin, die wirtschaftliche Substanz -...

Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China und Südafrika - die sogenannten BRICS - weisen im internationalen Vergleich hohe gesamtwirtschaftliche Zuwachsraten auf. Auch während der jüngsten Wirtschaftskrise verzeichneten die meisten BRICS-Staaten noch ein überdurchschnittliches Wachstum. Der...

Deutschland hat sich von dem scharfen Einbruch infolge der globalen Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise schneller erholt als die meisten anderen entwickelten Länder. Die Schwäche der Nachfrage aus dem Euroraum wurde kompensiert durch ein starkes Wachstum der Exporte in die Länder außerhalb der...