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The hidden cost of investment : the impact of adjustment cost on firm performance measurement and regulation
Nick, Sebastian; Wetzel, Heike - 2014
In this study, we address a major problem in the measurement of firm performance and the regulation of natural monopolies, namely the intertemporal character of long-term investment decisions. In specific, we focus on the impact of adjustment costs of investments on estimates of firms’...
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Prevention or cure? : abatement efficiency in a network technology
Bostian, Moriah; Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; … - 2019
We develop a network technology model for pollution abatement that distinguishes between the two primary forms that abatement can take: Prevention of emissions from occurring in the first place, and treatment of any emissions that are generated by the production process. Our network model...
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Technical progress and induced innovation in China : a variable profit function approach
Wong, K. K. Gary; Fleisher, Belton M.; Min Qiang Zhao; … - 2020
productivity (TFP) growth in China. Our primary goal is to test Hicks' induced innovation hypothesis by examining whether technical … change in China has been induced by sharp increase in input prices that have accompanied its rapid economic growth. Utilizing … buffers a long-term decline in TFP growth that would otherwise be quite substantial. We conclude that China's economic growth …
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Measuring Profit Efficiency of Colombian Banks : A Composite Nonstandard Profit Function Approach
Restrepo-Tobon, Diego A. - 2019
We analyze the profit efficiency of the Colombian banking industry during the period 2001 - 2013. Unlike previous studies, we estimate revenue and cost efficiency separately and then compute profit efficiency as a composite measure of both cost and revenue efficiency. This approach overcomes the...
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Multicriteria and multivariate analysis for port performance evaluation
Madeira, Armando Gonçalves; Cardoso, Moacyr Machado; … - In: International journal of production economics 140 (2012) 1, pp. 450-456
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Dynamic cost efficiency in port infrastructure using a directional distance function : accounting for the adjustment of quasi-fixed inputs over time
Tovar, Beatriz; Wall, Alan - In: Transportation science : a journal of the Institute for … 51 (2017) 1, pp. 296-304
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An analysis of agricultural production in Pakistan : a study based on the asymmetric role of inputs
Iqbal, Naveed; Sial, Maqbool H.; Saleem, Adeel - In: Pakistan journal of applied economics : PJAE 31 (2021) 2, pp. 191-208
Agricultural inputs are peculiar in nature as an asymmetry in their roles can be identified during the production process. These inputs can be grouped into a set of growth inputs or a set of facilitating inputs. The inputs affecting biological or physiological growth from the inside of the plant...
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How costly are public sector inefficiencies? A theoretical framework for rationalising fiscal consolidations
Onrubia, Jorge; Sánchez Fuentes, A. Jesús - 2017
Fiscal adjustments consisting of spending cuts or tax increases are generally presented as the unavoidable way for achieving public finance sustainability in the long term. However, this view of fiscal consolidation processes is limited as it leaves out other aspects related to public sector...
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How costly are public sector inefficiencies? : a theoretical framework for rationalising fiscal consolidations
Onrubia, Jorge; Sánchez Fuentes, A. Jesús - 2017
Fiscal adjustments consisting of spending cuts or tax increases are generally presented as the unavoidable way for achieving public finance sustainability in the long term. However, this view of fiscal consolidation processes is limited as it leaves out other aspects related to public sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011755954
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Technological differences, theoretically consistent frontiers and technical efficiency : a random parameter application in the Hungarian crop producing farms
Baráth, Lajos; Hockmann, Heinrich - 2016
Existing studies of agricultural production largely neglect technology heterogeneity. However, the assumption of homogeneous production may result in inadequate policy implications. There is a growing literature on this issue. In this paper we contribute to this literature by modelling the...
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