Search Results - subject:"costs and returns"

Consolidation in U.S. dairy farming

MacDonald, James Michael; Law, Jonathan; Mosheim, Roberto - 2020

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Cost-benefit information closes aspiration gaps : if parents think their child is ready for college

Cheng, Albert; Henderson, Michael B.; Peterson, Paul E.; … - In: Education economics 29 (2021) 3, pp. 233-251

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An error correction model of induced innovation in UK agriculture.

Piesse, Jenifer; Schimmelpfennig, David; Thirtle, Colin - 2011

Cointegration techniques are applied to a model of induced innovation based on the two-stage Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production function. This approach results in direct tests of the inducement hypothesis, which are applied to agricultural data for the United Kingdom from 1953...

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A two-step estimator for a spatial lag model of counts: Theory, small sample performance and an application.

Lambert, Dayton M.; Brown, Jason P.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2010

Several spatial econometric approaches are available to model spatially correlated disturbances in count models, but there are at present no structurally consistent count models incorporating spatial lag autocorrelation. A two-step, limited information maximum likelihood estimator is proposed to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429435

'SINAMI': a tool for the economic evaluation of forest fire management programs in Mediterranean ecosystems.

Rodríguez y Silva, Francisco; González-Cabán, Armando - 2010

Historically, in Spain and most European countries, forest fire budgets have never been subjected to an objective and rigorous economic analysis indicative of the returns on investments in fire management protection programs. Thus far we have witnessed expansive growth of costs without any...

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Net Benefits of Wildfire Prevention Education Efforts.

Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.; Abt, Karen L.; … - 2010

Wildfire prevention education efforts involve a variety of methods, including airing public service announcements, distributing brochures, and making presentations, which are intended to reduce the occurrence of certain kinds of wildfires. A Poisson model of preventable Florida wildfires from...

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An Appraisal of Beekeeping Activities among Beneficiaries and Non-Beneficiaries of Ekiti State Agricultural Credit Agency (ESACA) Scheme in Nigeria

Fakayode, S.B.; Babatunde, Raphael O.; Olowogbon, S.T.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

across communities popularly known for beekeeping in Ekiti state. Descriptive statistics, costs and returns, regression and …The study examined beekeeping activities in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Specifically the study appraised the costs and … returns structure of beekeeping activities by beneficiaries of the ESACA scheme, examined the constraints to beekeeping under …

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Market impacts of a multiyear mechanical fuel treatment program in the U.S.

Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Karen L.; Huggett, Robert J. - 2008

We describe a two-stage model of global log and chip markets that evaluates the spatial and temporal economic effects of government-subsidized fire-related mechanical fuel treatment programs in the U.S. West and South. The first stage is a goal program that allocates subsidies according to fire...

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Long-term effects of eliminating illegal logging on the world forest industries, trade, and inventory.

Li, Ruhong; Buongiorno, J.; Turner, J.A.; Zhu, S.; … - 2008

We assessed the impact on the world forest sector of a progressive elimination of illegal logging. The analysis compared predictions from 2007 to 2020, with and without a gradual reduction of illegally logged industrial roundwood from 2007 to 2011. A large part of the curtailment of timber...

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Calculating costs of pig production with the InterPIG network

Haxsen, Gerhard - 2008

This working paper presents objectives, methods and the empirical basis of the international working group InterPIG. The members of the group act within an informal network as a base for a mutual exchange of data needed for a unique way to annually calculate the costs of pig production and to...

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