Search Results - subject:"output distance function"

On the allocation of resources for secondary schools

Haelermans, Carla; De Witte, Kristof; Blank, Jos L.T. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 575-586

and materials – in secondary schools. We use a flexible budget constrained output distance function model to estimate both …

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Pollution from the electric power sector in Japan and efficient pollution reduction

Matsushita, Kyohei; Yamane, Fumihiro - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 4, pp. 1124-1130

sector in Japan, employing a directional output distance function. It is found that the shadow prices are US$39 per tonne for …

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Pollution from the electric power sector in Japan and efficient pollution reduction

Matsushita, Kyohei; Yamane, Fumihiro - In: Energy economics 34 (2012) 4, pp. 1124-1130

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Output Substitution in Multi-Species Trawl Fisheries: Implications for Quota Setting

Koundouri, Phoebe; Bjorndal, Trond; Pascoe, Sean - 2004

estimation of a multi-output distance function for the UK North Sea beam and otter trawl fisheries, and find that in most cases …

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Output Substitution in Multi-Species Trawl Fisheries: Implications for Quota Setting

Koundouri, Phoebe; Bjorndal, Trond; Pascoe, Sean - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

estimation of a multi-output distance function for the UK North Sea beam and otter trawl fisheries, and find that in most cases …

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Essays on Productive Efficiency, Shadow Prices, and Human Capital. PhD Thesis

Marklund, Per-Olov - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2004

This thesis consists of five papers, four of them basically concerning environmental issues, while the fifth paper addresses the issue of measuring output from the educational sector. <p> The first paper starts from the fact that industrial activity causes environmental damage. Therefore, public...</p>

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Output substitution in multi-species trawl fisheries : implications for quota setting

Bjørndal, Trond; Koundouri, Phoebe; Pascoe, Sean - 2004

estimation of a multi-output distance function for the UK North Sea beam and otter trawl fisheries, and find that in most cases …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600289

A Bayesian Approach To Imposing Curvature On Distance Functions

O'Donnell, Chris; Coelli, Tim J. - 2003

distance function. Implementing the approach involves the use of a Gibbs sampler with data augmentation. A Metropolis … efficiency levels. We show how a Bayesian approach can be used to impose these constraints on the parameters of a translog output …

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Environmental Regulation and Firm Efficiency: Studying the Porter Hypothesis using a Directional Output Distance Function

Marklund, Per-Olov - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2003

output distance function, which credits a simultaneous expansion of market goods and contraction of emissions. Then, by …

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Monitoring Inefficiency in Public Education

Saito, Yoshie; McIntosh, Christopher S. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35 (2003) 03

The efficiency of public education is examined using a cost indirect output distance function. Efficiency estimates are …

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