Contractual relationships regarding land tenure in agriculture are diverse. From formal systems suchas landowner and fixed rent, sharecropping emerges as an alternative in which the owner of the landshares the benefits and risks of the results with tenants. Therefore, land tenure systems differ...

In this paper, we aim to explore the causal relationship among the bank efficiency, competition, and concentration in the banking systems of 15 countries in the MENA region (Jordan, UAE, Bahrain, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Lebanon, Egypt, and...

This study investigates the effect of SRI efficiency-screening intensity under joint consideration of financial and ESG criteria in the analysis of the firms’ efficiencies derived from multidirectional efficiency analysis for US and European firms. A number of usual asset allocation strategies...

In Ethiopia although improvement in Teff productivity and production is critical for improving income and food security of smallholder farmers, both its productivity and production remain below the potentials. As such, the aim of this study was to estimate the levels of technical efficiency...

During the last 30 years a series of deep trasformations positioned Chilean financial system atop of Lationamerica and Emerging Markets. In this paper we examine banks performance in 2000-2019 estimating technical efficiency. Most inference is conducted using both parametric and non-parametric...

Agriculture has been and continues to assume center stage in the economic policy of Ethiopia. Coffee is one of the most vital sources of income for many coffee growers and continues to be still the leading export commodity in the national economy of Ethiopia. Despite the economic use, the...

This study's primary goal is to measure the technical efficacy of Amon paddy farms and identify the key variables that significantly influence the degree of technical inefficiency of the sample farms. Using a multistage random sampling technique, 200 Amon rice-producing farms in the Jhenaidah...

The paper examines the impact of the export status of the company on its efficiency. For this purpose, a semi-parametric assessment of the effectiveness of firms is built. After that, an empirical assessment of the effect of participation in export activities on the productivity of the company...

The paper examines the impact of participation in the export activities of the company on its effectiveness. For this purpose, the differences between firms in performance measured using EBITDA Margin are considered. For comparison, firms were divided into different groups in order to compare...