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| Henriet, Fanny; Hallegatte, Stephane. |
| This article proposes a framework to investigate the consequences of natural disasters. This framework is based on the disaggregation of Input-Output tables at the business level, through the representation of the regional economy as a network of production units. This framework accounts for (i) limits in business production capacity; (ii) forward propagations through input shortages; and (iii) backward propagations through decreases in demand. Adaptive behaviors are included, with the possibility for businesses to replace failed suppliers, entailing changes in the network structure. This framework suggests that disaster costs depend on the heterogeneity of losses and on the structure of the affected economic network. The model reproduces economic... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Natural disasters; Economic impacts; Economic Network; Production Economics; D20; Q54; R15. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46657 |
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| Schumacher, Sara K.; Marsh, Thomas L.. |
| This study investigated the cost structure of the floriculture industry in the United States. Economies of scale and input elasticities were estimated with a normalized quadratic cost function. Results suggest that economies of scale exist in the floriculture industry. As producers become large and more automated, they have a cost advantage relative to smaller producers who are producing the same output product mix. The existence of economies of scale suggests that average grower size can increase in the future as growers increase in size to take advantage of cost efficiencies. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Duality; Economies of scale; Floriculture; Nonprice variables; Q12; C31; D20. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43145 |
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| Salhofer, Klaus; Kargiannis, Giannis; Sinabell, Franz. |
| Recently, several studies compared the performance of conventional and organic farms. Most studies concentrated on technical efficiency. In this paper we add to this literature by also comparing the scale efficiency of conventional and organic milk farms in Austria during the period 1997-2002. To do so we utilize a bilateral production frontier that includes both production technologies and Green’s (1995a,b) true fixed effects model to account for firm specific time-invariant heterogeneity and technical inefficiency. We find both groups of farms to be on average equally technical efficient (when compared to their production frontier), but conventional farms being on average considerably more scale efficient. However, while scale efficiency remained... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Scale efficiency; Conventional vs. organic farming; Milk production; Austria; Production Economics; Q12; D20. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124119 |
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