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Economies of Scale in the Tunisian Industries
Heshmati, Almas - 2011
To date, empirical investigations of trade liberalization under the conditions of increasing returns to scale (IRS) and …. However, of the recent IRS/IC models used to simulate the effects of trade liberalization none have empirically tested for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124474
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Economies of scale in the Tunisian industries
Heshmati, Almas; Haouas, Ilham - 2011
To date, empirical investigations of trade liberalization under the conditions of increasing returns to scale (IRS) and …. However, of the recent IRS/IC models used to simulate the effects of trade liberalization none have empirically tested for the … interactions are different. Here most of the sectors show signs of increasing returns to scale. -- economies of scale ; trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307409
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Economies of scale in the Tunisian industries
Heshmati, Almas; Haouas, Ilham - 2011
To date, empirical investigations of trade liberalization under the conditions of increasing returns to scale (IRS) and …. However, of the recent IRS/IC models used to simulate the effects of trade liberalization none have empirically tested for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278708
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Economies of Scale in the Tunisian Industries
Heshmati, Almas; Haouas, Ilham - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
To date, empirical investigations of trade liberalization under the conditions of increasing returns to scale (IRS) and …. However, of the recent IRS/IC models used to simulate the effects of trade liberalization none have empirically tested for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024588
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Estimates of Scale and Scope Economies in the New Zealand Life Insurance Industry
Khaled, Mohammed S. - 2010
Recent multi-product statistical studies of production in life insurance industries in North America and the UK have produced mixed findings with regard to economies of scale and scope. This study presents results for the life insurance industry in New Zealand, which has a small economy where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147758
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Productivity and Economies of Scale in the Production of Bank Service Value Added
Wang, J. Christina - 2005
This paper uses a new measure of bank service output to estimate various specifications of production and cost functions for Bank Holding Companies (BHCs) over the period 1986 to 1999. The new output series is a true flow measure of bank service value added, and it follows from a unified model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014067566
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Effects of inefficiency on marginal costs, degree of economies of scale and technical change : a theoretical relationship
Díaz-Hernández, Juan José; Martínez-Budría, Eduardo; … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 29 (2020), pp. 190-207
In this paper, a theoretical relationship is obtained to measure the effect that inefficiency has on marginal costs, degree of economies of scale and technical change. It is shown that when the relationship between inefficiency and output level is ignored, the estimation of marginal costs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012260171
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An analysis of the cost structure of water supply in Sri Lanka
Dharmaratna, Dinusha; Parasnis, Jaai - In: Journal of the Asia Pacific economy 17 (2012) 2, pp. 298-314
Water utilities in developing countries face a challenge in maintaining the existing supply and extending the supply of pipe-borne water to rural areas in face of growing demand. Understanding the cost structure is important for developing the pricing policies, regulating the market structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015179921
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Cost structure and economies of scale in German water supply
Zschille, Michael - 2016
Potable water supply in Germany is highly fragmented. A consolidation of the industry could, therefore, lead to lower cost of water supply and price savings for the customers. In this paper we estimate a total cost function for potable water supply based on a unique sample of German water...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479166
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Estimating the optimal size of secondary healthcare providers in Slovenia
Blatnik, Patricia; Bojnec, Štefan - In: International journal of sustainable economy 11 (2019) 1, pp. 81-97
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