Search for dissertations about: "marginal function"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 112 swedish dissertations containing the words marginal function.
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6. The Economic Value of Water in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River Basin
Abstract : This study estimates the scarcity value of irrigation water to farmers of Bangladesh and compares it with that of India especially in the Ganges dependent districts of both these countries. We use a physical production function approach for our analysis. The value of water ranges from USD 0.002 to 0. READ MORE
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7. On the Cost of Capital, Profits and the Diffusion of Ideas
Abstract : Estimating the Cost of Capital and the Profit Share Compensation of the factor of production capital is not directly observed since most firms own part of their capital stock. I develop a new method to estimate capital compensation. READ MORE
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8. Essays on Smallholder Diversification, Industry Location, Debt Relief, and Disability and Utility
Abstract : Essay 1 Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty? This paper investigates the relationship between income diversification (combinations of farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wage work, and own-business income) and income within Zambian smallholder households. Shifting to a higher degree of diversification is found to be associated with getting higher income per laborer. READ MORE
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9. Unpackaging IT Governance : A study of Chief Information Officers in Large, Swedish Organizations
Abstract : Information Technology (IT) has during the last decades become a central tenet in the infrastructure for value-creation. To manage and successfully ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of IT as a corporate resource, organizations have turned to what is referred to as “IT Governance”. READ MORE
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10. Economically Optimal Values and Decisions in Iranian Forest Management
Abstract : Stumpage price processes are estimated via regression analysis (with alternative autoregressive models) with data from the Iranian Caspian forests. The parameter estimates indicate that the stumpage price may be regarded as a stationary stochastic process. The optimal harvest decisions were calculated via stochastic dynamic programming. READ MORE