The first two methods seem appropriate for the measuring of the “cost of living,” as they cover the consumption of the service produced by housing. The payments method reflects the actual outlay for owning a dwelling for shelter purposes; it can be regarded as a simplified version of the user cost method. The user cost method, as adopted by Canada and Sweden, includes the opportunity cost of ow...

Little is known about the nature of physical capital in the less-developed countries. This article addresses the lack of empirical study related to depreciation rates, which are a neglected but important ingredient of both micro and macro models and empirical analyses. Based on rich establishment-level survey data, and using a straightforward econometric approach, I estimate depreciation rates ...

abstractthe monitoring of the management of vannamei shrimp farms in the gomishan shrimp site in the best way and to its development. the objectives of the project were the calculation of growth indices, food conversion ratio.the final production of vannamei, benefit-cost or gross benefit of each farm.this study carried out in in 1391( 2012 ).data collection done through questionaries personall...

conclusion the technical performance of pet scan is significantly higher than similar technologies for staging and treatment of nsclc. in addition, it might slightly improve the treatment process and lead to a small level of increase in the quality adjusted life year (qaly) gained by these patients making it cost-effective for the treatment of nsclc. results the total annual running cost of a p...

this paper represents a theoretical model from which the supply function for a durable goods is derived. it turns out that consumer at the equilibrium condition equates its user cost with the marginal value of services received by using an additional unit of durable goods. the stock price is obtained from this condition. in addition, at the equilbrium condition for producer, the stock price is ...