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China’s Electricity Market Reform and Power Plants Efficiency
Ma, Chunbo; Zhao, Xiaoli; Ma, Qian; Zhao, Yue - School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2011
effort to improve production efficiency. In this paper we study the impact of the reform on efficiency of fossil-fired power … efficiency of previously SPC-managed power plants is converging to that of better-performing independent power producers (IPPs …); 3) capacity utilization and unit size are significant factors affecting changes in technical efficiency and the pattern …
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Do capital requirements affect bank efficiency? Evidence from China
Pessarossi, Pierre; Weill, Laurent - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2013
This paper contributes to the debate on the effect of capital requirements on bank efficiency. We study the relation … between capital ratio and bank efficiency for Chinese banks over the period 2004-2009, taking advantage of the profound … can improve bank efficiency. …
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Is bank competition detrimental to efficiency? Evidence from China
Fungácová, Zuzana; Pessarossi, Pierre; Weill, Laurent - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2012
This paper addresses the relationship between bank competition and efficiency by computing Lerner indices and cost … efficiency. This suggests that measures to increase bank competition in the Chinese context are not detrimental to efficiency. … efficiency scores for a sample of Chinese banks over the period 2002-2011. Granger-causality tests are performed in a dynamic GMM …
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Is bank competition detrimental to efficiency? Evidence from China
Fungáčová, Zuzana; Pessarossi, Pierre; Weill, Laurent - In: China Economic Review 27 (2013) C, pp. 121-134
This paper addresses the relationship between bank competition and efficiency by computing Lerner indices and cost … efficiency. This suggests that measures to increase bank competition in the Chinese context are not detrimental to efficiency. … efficiency scores for a sample of Chinese banks over the period 2002–2011. Granger-causality tests are performed in a dynamic GMM …
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Commodity Price Pass-Through in Differentiated Retail Food Markets
Richards, Timothy J.; Allender, William J.; Pofahl, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Prices for nearly all basic commodity rose at unprecedented rates throughout early 2008, only to fall nearly as fast as financial markets and global economies began to collapse. Rising food prices in 2008 led to concerns that commodity price spikes would lead to more general food inflation, but...
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Price transmission market power and industry technology: a note
Weldegebriel, Habtu T.; Wang, Xiuqing; Rayner, Anthony J. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 3, pp. 281-299
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical model of price transmission from the farm to the retail sector, allowing not only for an interaction between oligopoly power, oligopsony power and non-constant returns to scale in industry technology, but also allowing for the...
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National, Regional, and State-Level Estimates of Returns to Scale in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
Baral, Ranju; Davis, George C.; You, Wen - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 45 (2013) 02
The effectiveness of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program in achieving its goals at the national, regional, and state level is unknown. Using US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data from all states and territories for the years 2000–2006, the impact of program and...
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L'irrigation dans la communaute Andine: a une construction sociale.
Boelens, Rutgerd; Appollin, Frederic - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Opportunities, Challenges and Way Forward for Uganda’s Trade in Education services within the East African Community
Othieno, Lawrence; Nampewo, Dorothy - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012
The reforms in the services sector have seen tremendous growth in the sector’s contribution of GDP across all economies around the world. In Uganda, the share of services to total GDP is more than half in nominal terms. In this regard, with deeper regional integration among East African...
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China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain
Waldron, Scott A.; Brown, Colin G.; Longworth, John W. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
China has embarked on a major program to modernise agricultural and agribusiness structures with far reaching implications for rural development, international competitiveness / trade and food safety. There are, however, few studies that examine in detail how the modernisation program has...
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