Increasing food demand will most likely be met with agricultural intensification and land clearing, exacerbating environmental consequences associated with food supply. The mechanisms and trade-offs between agriculture and the environment are heterogeneous and not well understood, yet key to...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Varieties of Efficiency -- 1 Static and Dynamic Efficiency: The Waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin Institute -- 2 The Effects of Control: Gérard-Joseph Christian and Perfected Machines -- 3...

Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword v -- About the Authors vii -- Acknowledgments ix -- Abbreviations and Acronyms xi -- 1. Introduction 1 -- 2. Why Should Regulators Be Interested in Efficiency? 5 -- 3. Some TFP Measurement and Decomposition Methods 25 -- 4. An Empirical Example 55...

This article discusses the case of the minimimum wage for Italy as a policy instrument to foster both social justice and productive efficiency. After briefly reviewing the empirical evidence on the effects of minimum wages upon employment, wage distribution and firm-level reallocation, it...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN INCOME -- III. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- IV. RESULTS -- V. IMPLICATIONS AND DISCUSSION -- VI. CAVEATS -- VII. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.