Essays about: "Cobb-Douglas"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word Cobb-Douglas.
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1. Weather and Firm Production in Europe
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : With exceeding risks of climate change damages, the economical implications of changes in weather patterns for firm production have become increasingly important. Up until now, a European setting and more time relevant data have been missing in current research analyzing such implications, which is where this thesis resolves such shortcomings. READ MORE
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2. Unleashing Profitability: Unraveling the Labor-R&D Nexus in SaaS Tech Firms : An Analysis of the Profitability Dynamics in SaaS Tech Firms through Stochastic Frontier
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomiAbstract : Background: High-tech's rapid growth and prioritization of expansion over profitability can lead to vulnerability in economic downturns. The SaaS market, a part of the high-tech industry, offers affordable and flexible software solutions but is also susceptible to market volatility. READ MORE
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3. Public Goods on Networks : Statics, Welfare & Mechanisms
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknikAbstract : This thesis studies a network game of heterogeneous and asymmetric public goods. Players allocate their wealth between private and public goods, benefiting from the public goods provisioned by their out-neighbors on the network graph. Utilities are given by a Cobb-Douglas function to capture substitutability and decreasing marginal returns. READ MORE
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4. The impact of rural electrification and institutional quality on agricultural output : a case of Sub-Saharan Africa
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Agriculture is the means of livelihood for most rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. In order for small-scale farmers to meet the basic needs of their families and semi-large-scale farming for trading purposes, rural farmers seek to expand their output. To this end, the kind of input employed in the crop production process is very important. READ MORE
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5. On the renewable, non-renewable energy consumption and growth nexus in emerging economies: Empirical evidence from Turkey
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Since carbon-emitting energy sources are the largest contributor to global warming and climate change, this present paper attempts to contribute to the current debate in energy-growth nexus in the literature. Focusing on the case of Turkey, it seeks to find out whether or not switching to a low-carbon path will be beneficial for this fastest-growing OECD economy by investigating the relationship between energy sources (both renewable and non-renewable) and economic growth over the period of 1990-2015. READ MORE