On the influence of model setting on stochastic frontier analysis
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DOI: 10.1002/mma.6730
Abstract: This article deals with the comparison of technical efficiency results through various stochastic frontier analysis models. Effects of model type, possible frontier shift, distribution of inefficiency term, different output variable, and estimator selection were explored.… read more here.
Keywords: frontier analysis; frontier; efficiency; stochastic frontier ... See more keywords
Redcoats in the 1840s Moreton Bay and New Zealand frontier wars
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DOI: 10.1017/qre.2019.6
Abstract: Abstract This article examines the significant place of the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot as part of the shared history of Australia and New Zealand through the 1840s and 1850s, including its role in frontier… read more here.
Keywords: frontier; new zealand; moreton bay; redcoats 1840s ... See more keywords
Farming the desert: agriculture in the oil frontier, the case of the United Arab Emirates, 1940s to 1990s
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DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2017.1320977
Abstract: Abstract This article examines the social and political factors that contributed to the development of agriculture in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the 1940s onwards, expanding upon Jason Moore’s concept of the ‘commodity frontier’.… read more here.
Keywords: agriculture; arab emirates; united arab; frontier ... See more keywords
Fantasy, the Final Frontier: Making Science Moral in Postwar North Korean Youth Culture
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DOI: 10.1215/21581665-6973308
Abstract: Abstract:The atomic bombing marked an end to World War II and triggered the evacuation of the Japanese from the Korean peninsula. In its wake came parallel occupations by the USSR and the US, under which… read more here.
Keywords: final frontier; frontier making; fantasy final; frontier ... See more keywords