Recent multi-product statistical studies of production in life insurance industries in North America and the UK have produced mixed findings with regard to economies of scale and scope. This study presents results for the life insurance industry in New Zealand, which has a small economy where...

This paper presents the results of a study of the demand elasticities for energy and non-energy inputs in the food processing and textile industries in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Thailand. Estimates of substitution elasticities in production were derived by fitting data to a translog cost...