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This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using …, and 1,750 data points-, we carry out an analysis of the evolution and drivers of productivity and efficiency changes … across developing regions. We show that productivity growth rates between 2000 and 2010 vary significantly and that this …
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productivity enhancing performance of the European Union's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in its pilot phase. Using Data … Envelopment Analysis methods, we measure the environmental efficiency and the productivity growth registered in public power … productivity and efficiency over time using state-of-the-art econometric techniques. Our analysis suggests two conclusions: on the …
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This paper evaluates the effectiveness of easing credit constraints for rural producers in Mexico through loans provided by a national public development finance institution. In contrast to most of the existing literature, the study focuses on the effect of medium-sized loans over a two- to...
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This paper studies the use of psychometric tests, designed by the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL), as a tool to screen out high credit risk and potentially increase access to credit for small business owners in Peru. We use administrative data covering the period from June 2011 to April 2014...
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China’s unbundling reform in 2002 aimed to introduce competitiveness into the power industry, especially the generation sector, to improve its operational efficiency. Meanwhile, great concern about a range of environmental problems and global climate change increasingly calls for saving energy...
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