Report NEP-EFF-2012-07-23

This is the archive for NEP-EFF, a report on new working papers in the area of Efficiency and Productivity. Angelo Zago issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Moreira, Victor H. & Bravo-Ureta, Boris E. & Dunner, Roberto & Vidal, Ricardo, 2012. "Total Factor Productivity Change in Dairy Production in Southern Chile: Is Farm Size Significant?," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126895, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Nhu Che & Tom Kompas & Vilaphonh Xayavong & David Cook, 2012. "Profitability, Productivity and the Efficiency of Grain Production with Climate Impacts: A Case Study of Western Australia," Crawford School Research Papers 1208, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
• Mazvimavi, Kizito & Ndlovu, Patrick V. & An, Henry & Murendo, Conrad, 2012. "Productivity and Efficiency Analysis of Maize under Conservation Agriculture in Zimbabwe," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126767, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Poudel, Krishna Lal & Yamamoto, Naoyuki & Johnson, Thomas G., 2012. "Comparing technical efficiency of organic and conventional coffee farms in Nepal using data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126882, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Latruffe, Laure & Bravo-Ureta, Boris E. & Moreira, Victor H. & Desjeux, Yann & Dupraz, Pierre, 2012. "Productivity and Subsidies in the European Union: An Analysis for Dairy Farms Using Input Distance Frontiers," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126846, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Kibonge Naik, Aziza, 2012. "Agricultural Productivity, Water Scarcity and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126908, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Constant, Labintan Adeniyi & Shijun, Ding, 2012. "Benin Agriculture Productivity and profitability Measurement," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126748, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Ludena, Carlos E., 2012. "Agricultural Productivity Growth, Efficiency Change and Technical Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126850, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Kibonge Naik, Aziza, 2012. "Agricultural Productivity and CO2 Emissions due to Land Use Change in Sub-Saharan Africa," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126910, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Kapfer, Martin & Kantelhardt, Jochen & Eckstein, Karin & Hübner, Rico, 2012. "Spatially Explicit Efficiency of Agricultural Land Use: A Two-Stage DEA Approach," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126629, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Lambarraa, Fatima, 2012. "The Spanish Horticulture Sector: A dynamic efficiency analysis of Outdoor and Greenhouse farms," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126797, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Dormont, Brigitte & Milcent, Carine, 2012. "Ownership and Hospital Productivity," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 1205, CEPREMAP.
• Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat & Hockmann, Heinrich, 2012. "Adjustment Costs And Efficiency In Polish Agriculture: A Dynamic Efficiency Approach," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126737, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2012. "Regional economic growth and environmental efficiency in greenhouse emissions: A conditional directional distance function approach," MPRA Paper 40015, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Murali, Palanichamy & Balakrishnan, Raghupathy & Puthira Prathap, Duraisamy & Karpagam, Chidambara & Govindaraj, Gurrappa Naidu, 2012. "Productivity Improvement in Sugarcane Farming in Tamil Nadu (India): Parametric and Non-Parametric Analysis," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126346, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Wang, Xiaobing & Hockmann, Heinrich, 2012. "Technical Efficiency Under Producer’S Individual Technology: A Metafrontier Analysis," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126755, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Bronwyn H. Hall & Francesca Lotti & Jacques Mairesse, 2012. "Evidence on the impact of R&D and ICT investment on innovation and productivity in Italian firms," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 874, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
• Magalhaes, Marcelo Marques de & Jardim da Silveira, Jose Maria Ferreira & Simoes do Carmo, Maristela & Lambais, Guilherme Berse Rodrigues, 2012. "Production Efficiency Sources Of Settlers Under Brazilian Land Reform In Northeast Region," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126693, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Trindade, Federico J., 2012. "Is there a Slowdown in Agricultural Productivity Growth in South America?," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126915, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• KABLAN, Sandrine, 2012. "Microfinance efficiency in the West African Economic and Monetary Union: have reforms promoted sustainability or outreach?," MPRA Paper 39955, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Venkataramana, M.N. & Reddy, B.V. Chinnappa, 2012. "Pattern of farm level capital formation and its impact on the farm production efficiency: An economic analysis in two contrasting regions of Karnataka state, India," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126890, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Sipilainen, Timo & Huhtala, Anni, 2012. "Opportunity Costs of Providing Crop Diversity in Organic and Conventional Farming," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126652, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Wokker, Chris & Santos, Paulo & Ros, Bansok, 2012. "Irrigation water productivity in Cambodian rice systems," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126321, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Allen, Summer L. & Badiane, Ousmane & Ulimwengu, John M., 2012. "Government Expenditures, Social Outcomes, and Marginal Productivity of Agricultural Inputs: A Case Study for Tanzania," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126663, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Mamardashvili, Phatima & Bokusheva, Raushan, 2012. "Technical Efficiency of Farms under Multiple Output Technology," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126697, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Ragasa, Catherine, 2012. "Capacity and Incentive Factors Affecting Individual Scientist’s Productivity: A Comparative and Multilevel Analysis of Nigeria and Ghana Agricultural Research Systems," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126627, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• H.H. Chang & C. van Marrewijk, 2012. "Impact of trade on viability and exporter selection with heterogeneous fixed cost in the Melitz model," Working Papers 12-08, Utrecht School of Economics.
• Jamal Ibrahim Haidar, 2012. "Trade and productivity: self-selection or learning-by-exporting in India," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00717624, HAL.
• Trindade, Federico J., 2012. "Climate Impact on Agricultural Productivity: Analysis on counties in Nebraska along the 41st parallel," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126913, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Veugelers, Reinhilde & Hottenrott, Hanna & Rexhäuser, Sascha, 2012. "Green innovations and organisational change: making better use of environmental technology," CEPR Discussion Papers 9055, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Jin, Songqing & Yu, Winston & Jansen, Hans G.P. & Muraoka, Rie, 2012. "The impact of Irrigation on Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from India," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126868, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Hassan, Gazi & Cooray, Arusha, 2012. "The effect of female and male health on economic growth: cross-country evidence within a production function framework," MPRA Paper 40083, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Zsolt Darvas, 2012. "Productivity, labour cost and export adjustment- Detailed results for 24 EU countries," Working Papers 737, Bruegel.
• Laurent Weill, 2012. "How Quality of Institutions Shape the Expansion of Islamic Finance," Working Papers of LaRGE Research Center 2012-08, Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion et Economie (LaRGE), Université de Strasbourg.
• Sheahan, Megan & Black, Roy & Jayne, Thomas S., 2012. "Are Farmers Under-Utilizing Fertilizer? Evidence from Kenya," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126739, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Nguetse Tegoum, Pierre & Nakelse, Tebila & Ouedraogo, Issaka, 2012. "Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Assessing the Impact of Agro-pastoral Programs on the Productivity of Farmers Organisations: The Case of Cameroon," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126365, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Michael Donadelli, 2012. "Education vs TFP: Empirical Evidence from The Sub-Saharan Countries," Working Papers LuissLab 1299, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, LUISS Guido Carli.
• Stephan Brunow & Peter Nijkamp, 2012. "The impact of a culturally diverse workforce on firms’ market size: An empirical investigation on Germany," Norface Discussion Paper Series 2012022, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London.
• Chevassus-Lozza, Emmanuelle & Gaigne, Carl & Le Mener, Leo, 2012. "Does input trade liberalization boost downstream firms’ exports? Theory and firm-level evidence," Working Papers 126946, Structure and Performance of Agriculture and Agri-products Industry (SPAA).
• Wang, Sun Ling & Ball, V. Eldon & Fulginiti, Lilyan E. & Plastina, Alejandro S., 2012. "Benefits of Public R&D in U.S. Agriculture: Spill-Ins, Extension, and Roads," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126368, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Ludena, Carlos E. & Mejia, Carla, 2012. "Climate Change, Agricultural Productivity and its Impacts on the Food Industry: A General Equilibrium Analysis," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126851, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Vandeplas, Anneleen & Minten, Bart & Swinnen, Johan F.M., 2012. "Multinationals versus cooperatives: The income and efficiency effects of supply chain governance in India," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126892, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Hockmann, Heinrich & Gataulina, Ekaterina, 2012. "The Significance of Market Transaction Costs, Technical Efficiency and Risk in Agriculture: An Empirical Analysis for Tatarstan Republic," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126676, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Grovermann, Christian & Schreinemachers, Pepijn & Berger, Thomas, 2012. "Private and Social Levels of Pesticide Overuse in Rapidly Intensifying Upland Agriculture in Thailand," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126341, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Ghebru, Hosaena H. & Holden, Stein T., 2012. "Reverse-Share-Tenancy and Marshallian Inefficiency: Bargaining Power of Landowners and the Sharecropper’s Productivity," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126883, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Futoshi, Yamauchi & Hiroyuki, Takeshima & Reno, Dewina & Sony, Sumaryanto & Akiko, Haruna, 2012. "Climate Change, Perceptions and the Heterogeneity of Adaptation and Rice Productivity: Evidence from Indonesian Villages," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126473, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Owuor, George & Shem, A.O., 2012. "Informal Credit and Factor Productivity in Africa: Does Informal Credit Matter?," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126624, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Samson, G.S. (Sabrina) & Gardebroek, Koos & Jongeneel, Roelof A., 2012. "The Cost Function Structure of Dutch Dairy Farms: Effects of Quota abolition and Price Volatility," 126th Seminar, June 27-29, 2012, Capri, Italy 125956, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob & Jayne, Thomas S., 2012. "Do Fertilizer Subsidies Boost Staple Crop Production and Reduce Poverty Across the Distribution of Smallholders in Africa? Quantile Regression Results from Malawi," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126742, International Association of Agricultural Economists.