Essays about: "Cobb-Douglas"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word Cobb-Douglas.

  1. 1. Weather and Firm Production in Europe

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Hanna Johansson; Leo Ljunggren; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; Weather; Firm Production; Europe; Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 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 ekonomi

    Author : prashant Atla; Noräs Salman; [2023]
    Keywords : Employee growth; SaaS Industries; Profitability; Technical efficiency; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Marginal Product of Labor; Panel data Models;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 3. Public Goods on Networks : Statics, Welfare & Mechanisms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Anton Arbman Hansing; [2020]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. The impact of rural electrification and institutional quality on agricultural output : a case of Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Salome Amuakwa-Mensah; [2019]
    Keywords : agricultural output; electrification; institutional quality; output per labour; output per land; Sub-Saharan Africa;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 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 institutionen

    Author : Tugce Eruydas; [2019]
    Keywords : Renewable energy consumption; total energy use; fossil fuels; economic growth; cointegration; Granger causality; emerging economy; Turkey; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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