The role of criminal, social interactions occupies a central place in criminology, yet minimal research exists on the relationship between co-offender networks and dimensions of offending. Drawing on the social network literature, this investigation hypothesizes that a link exists between the level of redundancy (i.e., the extent of overlap) in an individual’s co-offender network and offending ...

This paper investigates how managerial capacity aspects influence efficiency of dairy farms in Sweden. Based on non-parametric methods, Tobit and logistic regressions, several managerial capacity aspects are found to influence long and short run input efficiency scores, but to influence output efficiency less. Examples of important aspects are: internal locus of control, positive profitability ...

This study uses a sample of 30 banks (4 public, 18 local private and 8 foreign banks) and two stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to provide evidence on the impact of macroeconomic and bank specific factors on banks’ efficiency. We first use DEA to estimate technical and scale efficiency and then Tobit regression approach to find out the impact of several bank-specific and macroeconomic facto...

While urban form in general and density in particular are believed by many to significantly influence travel behavior, various recent studies have argued that the true determinants of travel patterns are attitudes rather than land use characteristics. This research builds on this notion and investigates to what extent a lack of congruence between physical neighborhood structure and preferences ...

Based on the literature on the diffusion of innovations and on information systems, and building on emerging concepts in electronic collaboration (e-collaboration), this article measures the influence of various determinants on manufacturing firms’ intent to use Web-based inter-organizational information systems (IOISs) to share inventory information with their key suppliers. This theoretical m...

We consider the Bayes estimation of the Tobit censored regression model with normally distributed errors. A simple condition for the existence of posterior moments is provided. Suitable versions of Monte Carlo procedures based on symmetric multivariate-t distributions, and Laplacian approximations in a certain parametrization, are developed and illustrated. Ideas involving data augmentation and...

most of the population of nigeria is rural and agriculture is the mainstay of the impoverished people’s livelihood. this paper estimated the determinants of rural poverty in nigeria using the tobit regression model. through the multistage sampling technique, primary data were obtained from 150 rural farming households using a questionnaire. the result of tobit regression analysis shows that inc...

The purpose and research objective of this paper is the influence of foreign direct investments on the performance of domestic firms which is analyzed through a case study of Southeast Europe, and in particular of Macedonia. The conception of this analysis uses the methodology of the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys, which have been conducted on many countries using firmlevel data of representat...