This paper demonstrates the need to revisit the way a technical change has been incorporated in a crop acreage supply response model. Three different versions of technological change were introduced and compared: no trend, deterministic trend, and stochastic trend. The results confirm the need...

This study presents results of cost estimation and efficiency analyses of various size categories of agricultural and nonagricultural commercial banks using the Fourier Flexible (FF) function model. The traditional cost estimation model is expanded in this study with the inclusion of loan...

This paper examines the implications of increased labour market flexibility in the form of part-time work for the 'Scottish public finances' in the context of devolution and the establishment of a Scottish Parliament with tax varying powers. The labour market/public finance implications of...