Abstract This paper accounts for spatial effects by benchmarking farms against their k ‐nearest neighbours (KNN) and measuring inefficiency in a non‐parametric dynamic by‐production setting. The optimal number of which are compared corresponds to the value that maximises Moran I test autocorrelation good bad output farms' two sub‐technologies. scores output, variable inputs, investments outputs...

......................................................................................................................................................................... Dr Tobias Bast! 2 ................................................................................................................................................................ Dr Charlotte Bonardi! 2 ...........................

Firefighting demands performing heavy muscular work under adverse and potentially dangerous conditions. Although the physiological and psychological responses to simulated firefighting activities have been described, the heat strain has not been characterised using standardised indices of exercise-heat strain. The purpose of the study is to describe the physiological and perceptual strain assoc...

This paper proposes and analyzes a model of stochastic evolution in finite populations. The expected motion in our model resembles the standard replicator dynamic when the population is large, but is qualitatively different when the population size is small, due to the difference between maximizing payoff and maximizing relative payoff. Moreover, even in large populations the asymptotic behavio...