Enabling sustainable community development /

The impact of economic reforms on rural households in Ethiopia : a study from 1989 to 1995 by Dercon, Stefan

Changing trade patterns after conflict resolution in South Caucasus

An introduction to efficiency and productivity analysis /

Table of Contents: “…2: REVIEW OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Production Functions 2.3 Transformation Functions 2.4 Cost Functions 2.5 Revenue Functions 2.6 Profit Functions 2.7 Conclusions. 3: PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Set Theoretic Representation of a Production Technology 3.3 Output and Input Distance Functions 3.4 Efficiency Measurement using Distance, Cost and Revenue Functions 3.5 Measuring Productivity and Productivity Change 3.6 Conclusions. 4: INDEX NUMBERS AND PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Conceptual Framework and Notation 4.3 Formulae for Price Index Numbers 4.4 Quantity Index Numbers 4.5 Properties of Index Numbers: The Test Approach 4.6 The Economic-Theoretic Approach 4.7 A Simple Numerical Example 4.8 Tansitivity in Multilateral Comparisons 4.9 TFP Change Measurement Using Index Numbers 4.10 Empirical Application: Australian National Railways 4.11 Conclusions. 5: DATA AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Outputs 5.3 Inputs 5.4 Prices 5.5 Comparisons over time 5.6 Output aggregates for sectoral and economy-wide comparisons 5.7 Cross-country comparisons of productivity 5.8 Data editing and errors 5.9 Conclusions. 6: DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Constant Returns to Scale DEA Model 6.3 The Variable Returns to Scale Model and Scale Efficiencies 6.4 Input and Output Orientations 6.5 Conclusions. 7: ADDITIONAL TOPICS ON DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSTS 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Price Information and Allocative Efficiency 7.3 Non-Discretionary Variables 7.4 Adjusting for the Environment 7.5 Input Congestion 7.6 Treatment of Slacks 7.7 Additional Methods 7.8 Empirical Application: Australian Universities 7.9 Conclusions. 8: ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATION OF PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Production, Cost and Profit Functions 8.3 Single Equation Estimation 8.4 Imposing Equality Constraints 8.5 Hypothesis Testing 8.6 Systems Estimation 8.7 Inequality Constraints 8.8 The Bayesian Approach 8.9 Simulation Methods 8.10 Conclusion. 9: STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The Stochastic Production Frontier 9.3 Estimating the Parameters 9.4 Predicting Technical Efficiency 9.5 Hypothesis Testing 9.6 Conclusions. 10: ADDITIONAL TOPICS ON STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Distance Functions 10.3 Cost Frontiers 10.4 Decomposing Cost Efficiency 10.5 Scale Efficiency 10.6 Panel Data Models 10.7 Accounting for the Production Environment 10.8 The Bayesian Approach 10.9 Conclusions. 11: THE CALCULATION AND DECOMPOSITION OF PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE USING FRONTIER METHODS 11.1 Introduction 11.2 The Malmquist TFP Index and Panel Data 11.3 Calculation using DEA Frontiers 11.4 Calculation using SFA Frontiers 11.5 An Empirical Application 11.6 Conclusions. 12: Conclusions 12.1 Summary of Methods 12.2 Relative Merits of the Methods 12.3 Some Final Points Appendix 1: Computer Software Appendix 2: Philippines Rice Data References Author Index Subject Index…”

Service provision for the poor : public and private sector cooperation /

Table of Contents: “…Stern -- Poverty in Russia / Boris Nemtsov -- The role of altruistically motivated organizations in making services work for poor people: The experience of the private not-for-profit health sector in Uganda / Daniele Giusti -- basic services - a basic right / Jeremy Hobbs -- The Madrasa Early Chilhood Programme in East Africa / Kathy Bartlett -- The role of the private sector: Evidence from a study of vouchers for private schooling in Colombia / Michael Kremer -- The rural private practitioner / Hema Viswanathan -- The rol of local governments: Delivering infrastructure: a strategic framework / Junaid K. …”

Nature tourism, conservation, and development in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Table of Contents: “…Markets derived from nature tourism in South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal: a survey of the sale of live game / Lisa Scriven and Theuns Eloff -- 8. The profitability of nature tourism in Zululand: a survey of private reserves and public protected areas / Sarah Porter, Stuart Ferrer, and Bruce Aylward -- Pt. 4. …”

Diseño de un sistema de costos para un centro de cirugía ambulatoria / by Kocian, María Alejandra

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Multilevel and longitudinal modeling using stata / by Rabe-Hesketh, Sophia

Table of Contents: “…A three-level logistic random-intercept model Crossed Random Effects Introduction How does investment depend on expected profit and capital stock? A two-way error-components model How much do primary and secondary schools affect attainment at age 16? …”

Handbook of management accounting research /

Table of Contents: “…Management accounting practices -- 2.01 Managing Costs and Cost Structure throughout the Value Chain: Research on Strategic Cost Management -- 2.02 Target Costing: Uncharted Research Territory -- 2.03 Cost and Profit Driver Research -- 2.04 Analytical Modelling of Cost in Management Accounting Research -- 2.05 Transfer Pricing: The Implications of Fiscal Compliance -- 2.06 Budgeting Research: Three Theoretical Perspectives and Criteria for Selective Integration -- 2.07 Management Control of the Complex Organization: Relationships between Management Accounting and Information Technology -- 2.08 A Review of Activity-Based Costing (ABC): Technique, Implementation, and Consequences -- 2.09 An Economic Perspective on Transfer Pricing (Gox & Schiller) -- 2.10 A Review of the Literature on Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal: Past, Present, and Future Musings -- 2.11 Management Accounting and Operations Management: Understanding the Challenges from Integrated Manufacturing -- 2.12 Extending the boundaries: Non-financial Performance Measures -- 2.13 A Review of the Literature on Performance Measures and Compensation -- 2.14 A Review of Quantitative Research in Management Control Systems and Strategy -- 2.15 A Review of the Literature on Control & Accountability; Management accounting practice contexts -- 2.16 Accounting and Control in Health Care: Behavioural, Organisational, Sociological and Critical Perspectives -- 2.17 Management Accounting in the Manufacturing Sector: Managing Costs at the Design and Production Stages -- 2.18 Management Accounting and Control in Health Care: An Economics Perspective -- 2.19 Accounting in an Inter-organisational Setting; Management accounting around the world -- 2.20 The History of Management Accounting in France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain -- 2.21 Management Accounting Practices in the People's Republic of China -- 2.22 The Development of Cost and Management Accounting in Britain -- 2.23 Management Accounting Theory and Practice in German-speaking Countries -- 2.24 The history of Management Accounting in the US -- 2.25 Development of Cost and Management Accounting Ideas in the Nordic Countries -- 2.26 A history of Japanese Mangement Accounting.…”