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Credit access and borrowing costs in Poland's agricultural credit market: a hedonic pricing approach
Petrick, Martin; Latruffe, Laure - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2003
The paper empirically investigates credit access and borrowing costs in Poland's rural financial market. We conduct an econometric analysis based on cross-sectional survey data including formal loans taken in the period 1997-1999. A hedonic regression of the effective interest rate, comprising...
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Farm investment, credit rationing, and public credit policy in Poland: a microeconometric analysis
Petrick, Martin - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2002
The aim of this paper is to empirically analyse the effects of governmentally promoted credit access on the investment behaviour of credit rationed farmers. This is done by specifying an empirical investment equation which is estimated on a cross-sectional sample of Polish farm household data....
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Efficient Innovation in Dairy Production - Empirical Findings for Germany
Sauer, Johannes; Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2012
This empirical study aims to shed light on the dynamic linkages between innovation and efficiency at individual farm level. We use a comprehensive dataset for dairy farms in Germany for the period 1995 to 2010. Based on a directional distance function framework we estimate the changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070497
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Social Capital and the Performance of Water User Associations: Evidence from the Republic of Macedonia
Sauer, Johannes; Gorton, Matthew; Peshevski, Mile; … - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 59 (2010) 1
The paper assesses the performance of Water User Associations (WUAs) in the Republic of Macedonia. We assess performance in terms of membership rates, the satisfaction of members with their WUA and payment behaviour. Econometric analysis reveals that membership and satisfaction are positively...
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Response Matrix Minimization Used in Groundwater Management with Mathematical Programming: A Case Study in a Transboundary Aquifer in Northern Greece
Psilovikos, Aris - In: Water Resources Management 20 (2006) 2, pp. 277-290
Groundwater has always been considered to be a readily available source of water for domestic, agricultural and … industrial use. The last decades, the lack of policymaking for the utilization of groundwater, has led to overexploitation in … concerned on water management and specifically on the optimal distribution of limited water resources using groundwater …
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Determinants of demand for food in Greece: a microeconometric approach
Drichoutis, Andreas C.; Lazaridis, Panagiotis - In: Global Business and Economics Review 5 (2003) 2, pp. 333-349
In this paper, the factors affecting the demand for basic food categories by Greek households are investigated. For that purpose a selectivity model is employed to derive the necessary elasticities using information at household level. In addition, and for comparison purpose, a non-parametric...
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Wasserwerke investieren 1996 über 5 Mrd. DM : Wasserverbrauch steigt nicht mehr
Rammner, Peter - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 49 (1996) 32, pp. 37-45
Seit 1990 sinkt die Wasserentnahme aus dem Netz der öffentlichen Wasserversorgung. 1995 betrug der Rückgang in den alten Bundesländern 1 %, in den neuen Bundesländern sogar 5 %, wobei sich dort die rückläufige Industrietätigkeit stark auswirkt. Seit einigen Jahren ist ein rationelleres...
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Hohe Investitionserfordernisse bei den Wasserwerken
Rammner, Peter - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 47 (1994) 31, pp. 12-24
Durchschnitt ist sie sogar rückläufig. Die Wasserwerke decken den Bedarf zu zwei Drittel aus echtem Grundwasser. Angesichts der …
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Wasserversorgung investiert erneut deutlich mehr als 4 Mrd. DM : ostdeutscher Nachholbedarf erfordert überproportionale Investitionsanstrengungen
Rammner, Peter - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 48 (1995) 34, pp. 13-22
Der Bericht informiert über die Investitionen im Wasserversorgungsbereich. Trotz des konjunkturellen Aufschwungs und eines überdurchschnittlich warmen Sommers stagnierte 1994 in Westdeutschland der Wasserbezug aus dem Netz der öffentlichen Wasserversorgung. In Ostdeutschland wurde er sogar um...
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Estimation of aseismic crustal-strain using radon precursors of the 2003 M 6.8, 2006 M 6.1, and 2008 M 5.0 earthquakes in eastern Taiwan
Kuo, T.; Lin, C.; Chang, G.; Fan, K.; Cheng, W.; Lewis, C. - In: Natural Hazards 53 (2010) 2, pp. 219-228
Aseismic crustal-strain signals prior to the 2003 Mw 6.8 Chengkung, 2006 Mw 6.1 Taitung, and 2008 Mw 5.0 Antung earthquakes with epicenters located 20, 55 and 11 km, respectively, from the Antung radon-monitoring station have been calculated using the radon anomalies recorded. Specifically,...
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