The degree of substitutability assumed between inputs in production and commodities in consumption is one of the key factors that might affect the range of predicted climate mitigation costs. We explore how and by how much assumptions about elasticities of substitution affect estimates of the...

Traditional business process modeling follows a top-down approach. The process structure is pre-defined by completely determining relevant activities, eevents, actors, documents, tools, etc. The process model shows a strict flow of events and activities following a well-defined logical and...

We estimate a food demand system for Slovakia using a recent household budget survey data for the period 2004-2011. The Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) augmented with demographic, regional and expenditure controls is employed based on preliminary non-parametric Engel curve...

The main purpose of this work is to analyse the effect of exports intensity and R & D activities in technical efficiency using data of Spanish manufacturing firms during the period 2004-2009. In a previous work, Diaz and Sanchez (2008) found that size was an important determinant of technical...

In this context, there is a need to assess the effectiveness of microenterprises in improving the socioeconomic conditions of women entrepreneurs and in alleviating poverty.Accordingly, the thrust of the study lies in identifying the effect of women microenterpriseson poverty alleviation in...

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Electricity users in Kuwait pay a nominal tariff of 2 fills (about USD 0.007) per KWh. Almost all cost of generation, distribution and supply are covered by a very generous government subsidy. The 2 fills/KWh was introduced in 1966 and has been retained at that level since then. On the other...

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See full paper Matrix of International Trade (MIT) This paper applies Matrix of International Trade (MIT) model to analyze the dynamics of inter-dependencies within APEC member and between Europe, Africa and Middle East. The quarterly portrait for the last ten years (2003Q1-2012Q4) provides...

In this study, we review the previous pattern of return to education and an attempt is also being made to estimate the recent pattern of return to education in India. The conventional pattern of return to education stated by Psacharopoulos (1993) is tested in Indian context. The purpose of...