This thesis investigates several selected environmental issues in China from an economic perspective. It consists of four self-contained papers. Chapters 2-4 address the issues related to water shortage, while Chapter 5 focuses on the cost of air pollution. Chapter 2 analyses the potential...

This paper analyzes the economic effects of environmental taxes on chemical fertilizer in producing rice. A charge of 10 percent tax on nitrogen fertilizer leads to a reduction in fertilizer use of 1.5 percent without changing rice yield, but the farm income is reduced by 0.6 percent. The tax...

In this study the nature and extent of efficiency and productivity growth in deposit-taking institutions is investigated using nonparametric frontier techniques. Employing Malmquist indices, productivity growth is decomposed into technical efficiency change and technological change for a sample...

The current study was motivated by statements made by the Economic Strategies Committee that Singapore’s recent productivity levels in services were well below countries such as the US, Japan and Hong Kong. Massive employment of foreign workers was cited as the reason for poor productivity...

This study employs a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to predict the technical efficiency of Thai listed manufacturing enterprises, using unbalanced panel data for 178 enterprises covering the years 2000 to 2008. The empirical findings indicate that these enterprises have been operating under...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2010. Major: Agricultural and Applied Economics. Advisor: Donald J. Liu. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 170 pages, appendices A-B.

Decommissioning programmes have been used in many countries in an attempt to reduce the level of overexploitation in fisheries. The extent to which human capital enhancement may offset capacity reductions, however, has not been previously examined. The study uses a stochastic production frontier...

Com a abertura comercial na década de 90, muitos setores da economia que estavam em processo de industrialização se viram em dificuldade em enfrentar uma nova estrutura de competição, isso por sua vez acarretou numa industrialização tardia para algumas empresas do setor industrial,...

The U.S. live hog production has undergone a significant structural change characterized by a trend toward larger operations. Experts argue that there is a cost advantage for larger farms due to industrialization and increased management intensity. One important element in production, mainly for...