A stochastic frontier production function that incorporates a model for technical inefficiency effects is used to investigate the industrial production of Greek food industries. Panel data comes from 29 Greek firms in 1988 through 1992. Parameters considered in the model for inefficiency effects...

This paper focuses on the practice of serial correlation correcting of the Linear Regression Model (LRM) by modeling the error. Simple Monte Carlo experiments are used to demonstrate the following points regarding this practice. First, the common factor restrictions implicitly imposed on the...

The dissertation examines advancements in the methods and techniques used in the field of econometrics. These advancements include: (i) a re-examination of the underlying statistical foundations of statistical models with binary dependent variables. (ii) using feed-forward backpropagation...

The overall objective of this study is to develop a framework to predict the impacts of government policies on agricultural production in Albania. The specific goal of this study is to provide some empirical estimates of the farmers' short-run supply response to government policies that effect...

Numerous studies have documented the existence of nonlinearity within various financial time series. But how important of a finding is this? This dissertation examines this issue from a number of perspectives. First, is the nonlinearity that has been found a statistical anomaly that is isolated...

<TITLE>The Use of GIS for Integrated Watershed Analysis:</TITLE><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">The Use of GIS for Integrated Watershed Analysis: </FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER">Integration of Environmental Models with GIS in the Upper Roanoke River Watershed <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <P ALIGN="CENTER">by <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <P ALIGN="CENTER">Robert W. Dietz <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <P ALIGN="CENTER">  <P ALIGN="CENTER">  <P ALIGN="CENTER">  <P ALIGN="CENTER">(ABSTRACT) Practitioners of watershed management are increasingly turning...</p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></font></title>

This study analyzes the change in whole-farm net revenues and nutrient reduction from the implementation of five best management practices (BMPs) on a typical beef and beef-poultry farm in Shenandoah County. Whole-farm net revenues, resource allocation, nutrient loss reductions, and the cost...

This dissertation is composed of three essays; the first two examine the decision-making of potato producing households in Bolivia and the third examines well-being changes among Zimbabwe households. The first essay entitled âThe role of risk mitigation in production efficiency: A case study of...