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The Rural Appliance Rebate Program (RAR) starting at the end of 2010 was part of the efforts of Chinese government to boost up domestic consumption during global economic downturn. While the RAR program's positive effects on macro economics have been well documented, the impacts of such a governmental subsidy program on the companies and the industry are unknown. This paper investigates whether the...
This study computes the regional total factor energy efficiency (TFEE) in china for the period 1990-2007 by employing DEA-Malmquist. In our DEA-Malmquist model, labor, capital stock and energy consumption are the three inputs and real GDP is the single output. Our empirical results indicate the eastern areas total factor energy efficiency has been on the efficiency frontier surface, the mid-west area...
Using panel data of 2000-2007 years, FDI technology spillover is found in private manufacturing enterprises of Jiangsu province. The result indicates that the total factor productivity of private enterprises has gained a growth rate about 7.7% per annum. The technology change is the key element of the growth of total factor productivity. The horizontal, the forward and the backward spillover promote...
In today's economy and society, performance analyses in the financial service industry attract more and more attention. The 7 largest Canadian Schedule I banks operate very large nationwide branch networks in all markets. They are not only essential for the security and strength of the Canadian financial system, but also make significant contributions to the economy across the country. They continue...
By using the panel data of China provinces in 2000-2007, this paper calculates and decomposes the electricity use efficiency of China based on DEA-Malmlquist method, and then tests the convergence of China's regional electricity use efficiency. The study shows the electricity use technical efficiency of China takes on upward tendency, but the overall level remains low; The technical efficiency and...
The research tries to give response to a question that all Venezuelan people constantly ask: are economic resources of the nation well administered? Based on this question, we realize a study on the efficiency and the productivity of the State in the use of the gross domestic product (GDP) for generating social welfare, to increase the economic levels of the country and to cancel the foreign debt...
R&D (Research and Development) has been widely regarded as the major driving factor to promote the development of High-Tech industries. With the development of High-Tech industries for more than ten years, efficiency and productivity of R&D have become a critical issue in China. Accordingly, the main purpose of this paper is to evaluate R&D efficiency and productivity growth of 16 High-Tech...
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