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efficiency. In addition, the stochastic frontier model incorporates the more realistic non‐neutral shifting production frontier …, as opposed to the commonly assumed Hicks‐neutral production technology underlying a production function.  …
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. Summarizes the two general methods already suggested for improving the efficiency of service delivery – technological and …
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-wide or sectoral energy use effects of new or prospective energy efficiency technologies. Such effects are in general … technologies in different sectors, and comparing technology effectiveness across countries. A user-friendly software implementation …
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simply an "income divide" as income differences explain only 10 to 30 percent of the gaps in access to technology. I do not …
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health. An exception to this rule, however, is a simplifying technology, which can contract health disparities, since richer …
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Abstract In September 2012, the California Secretary of State made it possible, for the first time, for the state’s eligible voters to register online. In fewer than 5 weeks prior to the November 2012 election, 787,337 of California’s eligible voters took advantage of this opportunity. In...
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This paper explores the role of imports as a mechanism of transmission of international technology spillovers and its … measurement of international technology spillovers instead of using per capita GDP gap in respect to the leader country as … approach to it. Our results reveal that international technology spillovers transmitted through imports have had a favourable …
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Summary The improved international tradability of services and the better protection of intellectual property rights - both of which have been results of the Uruguay Round - increase the international tradability of know-how. This paper investigates the economic impact of this. It is shown that...
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showing that economic performance is driven by i) law, ii) technology and iii) social norms. In this, the state stands as an …
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The role of information in high-technology markets is critical (Dutta, Narasimhan and Rajiv 1999; Farrell and Saloner … market share of a technological standard, but their direction and magnitude differ. More specifically, technology …-related information is negatively related to market share as it demonstrates that the underlying technology is immature and still evolving …
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