Energy Crisis and Productive Inefficiency: Micro-Evidence from Textile Sector of Faisalabad

the role of russia in transmission of energy from central asia and caucuses to european union

پس ازفروپاشی شوروی،رشد منابع نفت و گاز، آسیای میانه و قفقاز را در یک بازی ژئوپلتیکی انرژی قرار داده است. با در نظر گرفتن این منابع هیدروکربنی، این منطقه به یک میدانجنگ و رقابت تجاری برای بازی های ژئوپلتیکی قدرت های بزرگ جهانی تبدیل شده است. روسیه منطقه را به عنوان حیات خلوت خود تلقی نموده و علاقمند به حفظ حضورش می باشد تا همانند گذشته گاز طبیعی را به وسیله خط لوله مرکزی دریافت و به عنوان یک واس...

Energy Sector Innovation and Growth: An Optimal Energy Crisis∗

We study the optimal transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in a neoclassical growth economy with endogenous technological progress in energy production. Technological innovations maintain a fairly constant cost of fossil fuel energy even as increased exploitation raises mining costs. Nevertheless, the economy transitions to renewable energy once energy costs escalate after about 80% ...

Assessing dynamic inefficiency of the Spanish construction sector pre- and post-financial crisis

This paper estimates dynamic efficiency in the Spanish construction industry before and during the current financial crisis over the period 2001-2009. Static efficiency measures are biased in a context of a significant economic crisis with large investments and disinvestments as they do not account for costs in the adjustment of quasi-fixed factors. The results show that overall dynamic cost in...

Social Collateral and Repayment Performance: Evidence from Islamic Micro Finance

I n this study we designed to test the remarkable repayment performance of Akhuwat in Pakistan; the most successful Islamic Microfinance Institution (IMFI), which offers interest-free loans in order to improve the quality of life and alleviate poverty. The model of Akhuwat is based on Muakhaat (brotherhood) and Qard-e-Hasan (offering financial assi...

Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Evidence from Textile Sector of Pakistan