Search Results - subject:"Tobit Model"

Rahman, Sanzidur; Akter, Shaheen - In: Journal of South Asian Development 9 (2014) 3, pp. 287-308

,195 households from 139 villages) by applying a multinomial logit model of occupational choice and a multivariate Tobit model that …

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Technical Efficiency Analysis of PRIME Branches in Monga Areas of Bangladesh: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis

Nargis, Farhana - Institute of Microfinance - 2014

This paper evaluates the efficiency of Programmed Initiatives for Monga Eradication (PRIME) branches by using non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in five districts of North-West region of Bangladesh. The production function approach is used for the assessment of efficiency scores of...

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Effects of gender and length of land tenure on timber supply in Finland

Kuuluvainen, Jari; Karppinen, Heimo; Hänninen, Harri; … - In: Journal of Forest Economics 20 (2014) 4, pp. 363-379

This study investigated timber supply from Finnish non-industrial private forests (NIPF) using the consistent Tobit … model and nationwide micropanel survey data on timber sales of 1299 forest owners during 2004–2008. The effects of forest …

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International environmental efficiency differences and their determinants

Li, Mingquan; Wang, Qi - In: Energy 78 (2014) C, pp. 411-420

efficiency. We constructed a Tobit model to explore the determinants of environmental efficiency and found that economic …

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Impact of rural infrastructure on farm and non-farm enterprise choice and income in Bangladesh

Rahman, Sanzidur - In: Journal of Developing Areas 48 (2014) 1, pp. 275-290

-farm enterprises vis-à-vis income by Bangladeshi rural households (4,195 households from 139 villages) using a bivariate Tobit model …

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The Relationship Between Outcome Uncertainties and Match Attendance: New Evidence in the National Basketball Association

Jane, Wen-Jhan - In: Review of Industrial Organization 45 (2014) 2, pp. 177-200

uncertainty for two rivals are incorporated at the same time in a Tobit model. The results for the effect of league …

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Home care for the elderly: the role of relatives, friends and neighbors

Kalwij, Adriaan; Pasini, Giacomo; Wu, Mingqin - In: Review of Economics of the Household 12 (2014) 2, pp. 379-404

We use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe to examine the hours of home care received by the elderly. The existing empirical literature has mostly examined informal home care from children and formal home care. We identify two additional informal home care providers,...

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Crop substitution behavior among food crop farmers in Ghana: an efficient adaptation to climate change or costly stagnation in traditional agricultural production system?

Issahaku, Zakaria; Maharjan, Keshav - In: Agricultural and Food Economics 2 (2014) 1, pp. 1-14

crops (cassava, maize, sorghum, rice and yam) in Ghana. Results of Multivariate Tobit Model show that yield, planting …

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On the dividend smoothing, signaling and the global financial crisis

Al-Malkawi, Husam-Aldin Nizar; Bhatti, M. Ishaq; … - In: Economic Modelling 42 (2014) C, pp. 159-165

This paper addresses twin problems related to dividend smoothing and signaling. Firstly, it provides direct test for dividend smoothing and signaling. Secondly, this paper attempts to examine the impact of Global Financial Crisis (GFC) on dividend stability. The paper estimates the Lintner model...

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Forecasting residential air conditioning loads

Horowitz, Shira; Mauch, Brandon; Sowell, Fallaw - In: Applied Energy 132 (2014) C, pp. 47-55

A doubly censored Tobit model is used to forecast hourly air-conditioner usage for individual households. The model …

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