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Does Higher Cost Inefficiency Imply Higher Profit Inefficiency? - Evidence on Inefficiency and Ownership of German Hospitals

Herr, Annika; Schmitz, Hendrik; Augurzky, Boris - 2009

This paper investigates cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals. More specifically, it deals with the question how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure,and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs nor outputs of the production process. We conduct a...

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Does Higher Cost Inefficiency Imply Higher Profit Inefficiency? - Evidence on Inefficiency and Ownership of German Hospitals

Herr, Annika; Schmitz, Hendrik; Augurzky, Boris - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009

This paper investigates cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals. More specifically, it deals with the question how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs nor outputs of the production process. We conduct a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558456

The delicate balance for jointly pursuing economic growth in Latin America and China

Ortiz, Jaime; Wang, Haibo; Huo, Da - In: Journal of Chinese economic and business studies 13 (2015) 4, pp. 337-351

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FUNÇÃO LUCRO TRANS-LOGARÍTMICA E ELASTICIDADES DE SUBSTITUIÇÃO DE FATORES PARA UMA AMOSTRA DE PRODUTORES DEDICADOS À AVICULTURA DE POSTURA

Almeida, Matheus Henrique Scaglia Pacheco De; Filho, … - 2008

. --------------------------------------------------This paper presents an estimation of translog profit function for eggs farmer’s sample in Brazil. In the same time, from …, Minas Gerais and Parana. Utilizing the duality theory, between profit function and cost function, was possible calculate …

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The Price Responsiveness of Salmon Supply in the Short and Long Run

Andersen, Trude B.; Roll, Kristin H.; Tveteras, Sigbjorn - 2008

, we estimate a restricted profit function for Norwegian salmon producers,which allows us to examine the industry’s short …

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Measuring Oligopsony Power of UK Salmon Retailers

Fofana, Abdulai; Jaffry, Shabbar - Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College - 2008

have exercised oligopsony power, we develop a dynamic error correction translog profit function to model the behaviour of …

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Measuring Oligopsony Power of UK Salmon Retailers

Fofana, Abdulai; Jaffry, Shabbar - Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College - 2008

have exercised oligopsony power, we develop a dynamic error correction translog profit function to model the behaviour of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540156

FUNÇÃO LUCRO TRANS-LOGARÍTMICA E ELASTICIDADES DE SUBSTITUIÇÃO DE FATORES PARA UMA AMOSTRA DE PRODUTORES DEDICADOS À AVICULTURA DE POSTURA

Almeida, Matheus Henrique Scaglia Pacheco De; Filho, … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

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Un modello di crescita discontinua dell’impresa: teoria ed evidenza empirica

Enrico D’Elia; Nascia, Leopoldo; Zeli, Alessandro - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2014) 1, pp. 323-354

Firm’s size tipically changes through discrete leaps over time.The model of firm’s growth discussed here entails some nonstandard consequences. Firstly, profitability is not a continuous function of size, but exhibits a number of peaks. Secondly, investment increases in those firms where...

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The risk of financial intermediaries

Delis, Manthos D.; Hasan, Iftekhar; Tsionas, Efthymios G. - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 44 (2014) C, pp. 1-12

This paper reconsiders the formal estimation of bank risk using the variability of the profit function. In our model …

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