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Empirical Essays on the Elasticity of Substitution, Technical Change, and Economic Growth

Pereira, Claudiney M - 2003

We estimate the elasticity of substitution using two different production functions. The usual Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production function and a Box-Cox production function for Japan (1890-1991), UK (1870-1991), and US (1890-1992; 1929-2000). The main results are that we find the...

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Production structure models and applications within a Statistical Activity Cost Theory (SACT) Framework

Turner, Lyle Robert - 2007

Statistical Activity Cost Theory (SACT) is an axiomatic and statistical theory of basic accounting measurement practice … techniques to such an analysis. This thesis, therefore, moves to extend the basic theory that has already been developed …

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Exploring production-theoretical insights for analyzing trade-offs between economic performance and environmental pressure at firm level

Van Meensel, Jef; Lauwers, Ludwig H.; Van Huylenbroeck, … - 2009

The objective of this paper is to construct a framework for analyzing trade-offs between economic performance and environmental pressure at firm level. Based on a literature review, partially conflicting economic-environmental trade-off paradigms are structured and five necessary conditions for...

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Production under uncertainty and choice under uncertainty in the emergence of generalized expected utility theory

Quiggin, J - 2001

analysis of production under uncertainty. Interest in the foundations of the theory of choice under uncertainty was stimulated … by applications of expected utility theory such as the Sandmo model of production under uncertainty. This interest led to … the development of generalized models including rank-dependent expected utility theory. In turn, the development of …

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Evaluating the efficiency of a N-input tax under different policy scenarios at different scales

Petsakos, Athanasios; Jayet, Pierre-Alain - 2010

Nitrate pollution from agriculture is an important environmental problem, caused bythe excessive use of inorganic fertilizers. The internalization of this externality, via a tax onmineral nitrogen, could lead to a second best solution, reducing nitrate emissions. Severalauthors suggest that a...

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Crop insurance market development in a transition economy: The case of Kazakhstan

Heidelbach, Olaf; Bokusheva, Raushan - 2009

We analyze the current state and future requirements of an agricultural income stabilization mechanism in a transition country – namely, the crop insurance system in Kazakhstan. Three objectives will be pursued: First, factors influencing the development of the crop insurance market will be...

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Spatially explicit farming system modelling for an efficient agri-environmental policy design

Havlik, Petr; Bamiere, Laure; Jacquet, Florence; Millet, Guy - 2008

A mathematical programming model is developed and associated to a spatial pattern index (Ripley L function) to analyse the optimal reserve design and implementation for the Little Bustard conservation in Plaine de Niort. The model structure corresponds to three spatial levels, fields, farm and...

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RISK MANAGEMENT THROUGH INSURANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES FROM AGRICULTURAL INPUT USE: AN ITALIAN CASE STUDY

Capitanio, Fabian - 2008

The biological nature of agricultural production processes induce a higher degree ofuncertainty surrounding the economic performance of farm enterprises. This has contributedto the development and acceptance of forms of public intervention aimed at reducing incomevariability that have no...

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Determining the Price-Responsiveness of Demands for Irrigation Water Deliveries versus Consumptive Use

Scheierling, Susanne M.; Young, Robert A.; Cardon, Grant E. - 2004

A water-crop simulation/mathematical programming model of irrigation water demand in northeastern Colorado is formulated to develop an original concept of derived demand for consumptive use of water. Conventional demand functions for water deliveries are also developed, and the effect of...

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Cost Sharing under Uncertainty: An Algorithmic Approach to Cooperative Interval-Valued Games

Kimms, Alf; Drechsel, Julia - 2009

Recently, Branzei, Dimitrov, and Tijs (2003) introduced cooperative interval-valued games. Among other insights, the notion of an interval core has been coined and proposed as a solution concept for interval-valued games. In this paper we will present a general mathematical programming algorithm...

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