I propose a modification of the Jolly-Seber model, the two-source Jolly-Seber (TSJS)model, to estimate population size by combining two sources of capture-recapture data of thesame population where there might be an unknown overlap between twodatasets. This is the case with recent surveys of...

This paper explores the ethical mandates of Islamic banking and finance (IBF) and then studies the recent performance of IBF on the positive level. The ethical section is divided into four parts: (1) promotion of trade and cooperation, (2) prohibition of ribā and of profiting without risk, (3)...

ln 1993, the New Zealand health system was radically restructured. Area health boards, which were responsible for both purchasing and providing health services, were replaced by a quasi-market system in which public and private providers compete for public funds via contracts with purchasers....

This paper adopts a stochastic frontier approach to investigate the trend and determinants of total factor produc- tivity (TFP) growth in the agriculture sector of India, using extensive district-level data. The assessment of the production frontier highlights the efficiency aspect of Indian...

This study uses the Just–Pope approach to investigate the effects of seasonal weather variables and extremes on the mean yield and yield variability of rice, bajra, chickpea, groundnut and sugarcane in India during 1990–2018. Results reveal that changes in rainfall and evapotranspiration...