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Mean squared error of James–Stein estimators for measurement error models

Guo, Meixi; Ghosh, Malay - In: Statistics & Probability Letters 82 (2012) 11, pp. 2033-2043

Whittemore (1989) in an interesting paper considered estimation of regression coefficients in measurement error models. She had the very interesting result which showed how to overcome the inconsistency of the usual least squares estimator of the regression coefficient in a measurement error...

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Analyzing China's productivity growth: Evidence from manufacturing industries

Liu, Tung; Li, Kui-Wai - In: Economic Systems 36 (2012) 4, pp. 531-551

components of input growth, scale effect, technical progress, and technical efficiency change. A stochastic frontier model is … applied to the translog production function to estimate technical efficiency. Despite the conventional argument that input … but a weak technical efficiency change. The contribution to growth from labor has been replaced by human and physical …

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Geothermal heat pump systems: Status review and comparison with other heating options

Self, Stuart J.; Reddy, Bale V.; Rosen, Marc A. - In: Applied Energy 101 (2013) C, pp. 341-348

Heating is a major requirement in many regions, and growing energy demands and pollutant emissions have allowed unconventional heating technologies to be considered, including geothermal. Geothermal heat pumps are reviewed, including heat pump technology, earth connections, current world status...

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Relative efficiency of specific and ad-valorem tariffs in a model of monopolistic competition

Durceylan, Esra - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 3, pp. 874-877

The relative efficiency of ad-valorem and specific tariffs is still an active debate in the international trade … relative efficiency overturns to the specific tariff as consumers’ love for variety increases. …

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Efficiency in a search and matching model with right-to-manage bargaining

Sunakawa, Takeki - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 3, pp. 679-682

In a search and matching model with right-to-manage bargaining, matched workers and firms bargain over wages, given the firm’s demand schedule for hours per worker. Wages and hours per worker are determined as if they are determined in a competitive labor market with a distortion to wage...

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Directed search and optimal production

Geromichalos, Athanasios - In: Journal of Economic Theory 147 (2012) 6, pp. 2303-2331

I consider a model of directed search where strategic sellers advertise general trading mechanisms. A mechanism determines the number of buyers that will get served and the side payments, as a function of ex-post realized demand. Buyers observe these advertisements and visit one seller without...

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The efficiency of state-owned and privatized firms: Does ownership make a difference?

Arocena, Pablo; Oliveros, Diana - In: International Journal of Production Economics 140 (2012) 1, pp. 457-465

This paper compares the pre- and post-privatization efficiency of a sample of state-owned enterprises privatized in … Spain with the efficiency of their closest private competitors. We perform a two-stage double bootstrap data envelopment … analysis model. In the first stage the efficiency is estimated through a bootstrapped data envelopment analysis, and then …

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Production planning in data envelopment analysis

Amirteimoori, Alireza; Kordrostami, Sohrab - In: International Journal of Production Economics 140 (2012) 1, pp. 212-218

The present paper extends prior researches on data envelopment (DEA)-based production planning in a centralized decision-making environment. In such an environment, the production planning problem involves the participation of all individual units, each contributing in part to the total...

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Evaluating the efficiency of the Essential Air Service program in the United States

Grubesic, Tony H.; Wei, Fangwu - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 46 (2012) 10, pp. 1562-1573

concerns regarding the overall efficiency of the EAS program. The purpose of this paper is to use data envelopment analysis …

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Earnings benefits of Tulsa's pre-K program for different income groups

Bartik, Timothy J.; Gormley, William; Adelstein, Shirley - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 1143-1161

This paper estimates future adult earnings effects associated with a universal pre-K program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These projections help to compensate for the lack of long-term data on universal pre-K programs, while using metrics that relate test scores to social benefits. Combining test-score...

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