CONDITIONAL FDH EFFICIENCY TO ASSESS PERFORMANCE FACTORS FOR BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURE

Conditional Fdh Efficiency to Assess Performance Factors for Brazilian Agriculture

In this article we assess the effect of market imperfections and income inequality on rural production efficiency. The analysis is carried out using the notion of stochastic conditional efficiency computed in terms of free disposal hull (FDH) efficiency measurements. Free disposal hull and conditional FDH are output oriented with variable returns to scale. They are evaluated for rural productio...

Conditional Fdh Efficiency, Income Dispersion and Market Imperfections: the Case of the Brazilian Agricultural Census of 2006

In this article we assess the effect of market imperfections and income inequality on rural production efficiency. The analysis is carried out using the notion of stochastic conditional efficiency computed in terms of free disposal hull (FDH) efficiency measurements. Free disposal hull and conditional FDH are output oriented with variable returns to scale. They are evaluated for rural productio...

Logistic Regression to Assess Risk Factors in Offspring from Brazilian Families with Alcohol and Drug Problems

C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Paya R, Santoro LG, Vieira DL, Figlie NB (2015) Logistic Regression to Assess Risk Factors in Offspring from Brazilian Families with Alcohol and Drug Problems. Int Arch Addict Res Med 1:002 Received: February 22, 2015: Accepted: March 23, 2015: Published: March 26, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Paya R. This is an open-access article distributed under the t...

Mouse Tracking to Assess Enterprise Portal Efficiency

This article advocates mouse tracking as an emerging method to include in corporate enterprise portal usability assessment. Issues of Web site usability testing are discussed, with mouse tracking as one method that should be given consideration in assessing enterprise portals. Usability testing is part of the process of assessing how well a machine or application does its job. Efficiency is in ...

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