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Fallende Preise in der Wasserwirtschaft: Hessen auf dem Vormarsch
von Hirschhausen, Christian; Cullmann, Astrid; Walter, … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 10, pp. 150-155
Der deutschen Wasserwirtschaft könnte in naher Zukunft ein grundlegender Wandel ihrer Geschäftspraktiken bevorstehen … Landeskartellbehörde könnten den Anfang einer grundlegenden Wende in der Wasserwirtschaft markieren. Wie bereits im Telekommunikations …
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Efficiency Container Ports In Brazil: A DEA And FDH Approach
Cabral, Alexandra Maria Rios; Ramos, Francisco S. - In: The Central European Review of Economics and Management … 2 (2018) 1, pp. 43-64
Aim: This study aims to evaluate the technical efficiency of 44 Brazilian port terminals that handled containers in 2016. The evaluation will first proceed by identifying the main benchmarks. It will then provide an analysis of variables that may have an effect on technical efficiency as well as...
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Regulierungsmodelle für die öffentliche Wasserversorgung und ihre Wettbewerbseffekte
Wackerbauer, Johann - In: ifo Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 21, pp. 9-16
Wasserwirtschaft stellt sich die Frage, wie sich eine Änderung des Ordnungsrahmens in Deutschland auf die Marktstruktur und die … Beitrag wird die Organisation der Wasserwirtschaft in verschiedenen europäischen Ländern beschrieben sowie die aus einer …
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An Efficiency Comparison of Regional Employment Offices Operating under Different Exogenous Conditions
Ramirez, José V.; Vassiliev, Anatoli - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 143 (2007) 1, pp. 31-48
This paper investigates the technical efficiency differences of a sample of regional employment offices (REOs) across Swiss cantons. Regular job-search assistance, registration and matching of unemployed workers with job vacancies performed by employment offices are all important active labour...
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A metafrontier analysis on the performance of grain-producing regions in Norway
Alem, Habtamu - In: Economies 9 (2021) 1, pp. 1-10
Previous application of the stochastic frontier model and subsequent measurement of the performance of the crop sector can be criticized for the estimated production function relying on the assumption that the underlying technology is the same for different agricultural systems. This paper...
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Cost recovery for water services in the EU
Gawel, Erik - In: Intereconomics 50 (2015) 1, pp. 40-45
The EU Water Framework Directive stipulates the principle of cost recovery, including environmental and resource costs, for European water services. Yet a definition of member states' precise obligations is highly controversial. This particularly holds true for the question whether the request...
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A new and benign hegemon on the horizon? The Chinese century and growth in the Global South
NguyenHuu, Tams; Karaman Örsal, Deniz Dilan - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 14 (2020) 2020-12, pp. 1-35
The authors investigate how the Global South's gross domestic product (GDP) is impacted by trade with China. While the … of imports from China to GDP in the studied sample, although these effects are smaller compared to imports from other … emerging and developing economies (excluding China) (EME) and advanced economies (AdE). The authors also show that, in contrast …
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The Role of China's Exchange Rate on the Trade Balance of Sub-Saharan Africa: a Gravity Model Approach
Khan, Hameed; Khan, Umair; Jiang, Li Jun; Khan, … - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 22 (2019) 4, pp. 57-72
This study seeks to investigate theimpactof China'sexchange rate onthe trade balance of 41 Sub-Saharan African …
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Competition, debt maturity, and adjustment speed in China: A dynamic fractional estimation approach
Mirza, Sultan Sikandar; Ahsan, Tanveer; Safdar, Raheel; … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 13 (2020) 5, pp. 1-17
The purpose of this study was to investigate the capital structure adjustment rate in different levels of product market competitions. We classified Chinese non-financial listed firms into highly, moderately, and less competitive firms and applied an unbiased dynamic panel fractional estimator...
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Spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers in the presence of transient and persistent efficiency: evidence from China's provinces
Haini, Hazwan - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-21
This study examines the spatial productivity and efficiency spillovers of Chinese provinces using a spatial Durbin production frontier model that accounts for persistent and transient efficiency using a panel dataset of Chinese provinces from 1985 to 2017. The role of spatial effects is often...
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