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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Tobit regression"”.
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Determinants of bank technical efficiency: A South African study
… using data envelopment analysis and the Tobit regression model, of the six largest listed South African banks for the years 2008-2018. An input-oriented intermediary constant-return-to-scale approach was followed to determine technical efficiency scores. After technical efficiency scores …
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Awareness and Willingness to Pay for Moringa as a Leafy Vegetable in Limpopo Province
… with descriptive statistics, Bivariate Probit Regression and Tobit Regression Model. The results indicated that the majority of the respondents had no idea that Moringa could be consumed as a leafy vegetable. However, the results also indicated that the majority of respondents were willing to …
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Market substitutes for housework: Variations in use
… families and 1,792 married-mother families. Tobit regression analyses were used to test for variables related to expenditures for (a) time-saving durables, (b) food away from home, (c) clothing care, (d) child care, (e) domestic services, and (f) total services.
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The impact of smoking on individual health expenditures: a case study of Namibia
… intensity and smoking prevalence. Further, three Tobit regression models are run to examine the associations of the different healthcare costs with smoking intensity. Results: The concentration index of smoking prevalence is estimated at -0.05 compared to -0.18 for smoking intensity. Thus, both …
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Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census
… firm's technical and scale efficiency using the Tobit regression model. The results reveal that there are sufficient growth opportunities in Zambia's agro-processing industry, but the industry is highly inefficient. The average technical efficiency was 42.5 percent while scale efficiency was 81.7 …
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Volunteer Labor Supply and Liability of Volunteers
… Menchik and Weisbrod used on data from 1977. Tobit regression analysis finds significance in some variables in the Menchik and Weisbrod model -- including variables relating to gender, offspring, education, religiosity, and parental attitudes to giving. Volunteer liability exposure has been a …
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Assessing beneficiation of black emerging macadamia farmers from the statutory levy for transformation in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… capture and analyze the data. A binary logistic regression model was used to investigate the influence of socio-economic factors on the beneficiation towards a transformation programme funded by statutory levies. PCA and Tobit regression model was used to evaluate the impact of the transformation …
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Profitability of Smallholder Sugarcane Farming Systems in Tanzania: A Comparative Analysis Between Block Farming and Traditional Farming Systems in Morogoro.
… region were analysed by T-Tests, One way ANOVA, Tobit regression and Spearman‟s rank correlation tests all at p = 0.05 to comparatively assess differences and effects of hypothesized factors on profitability between Block Farming System (BFS) and Traditional Farming System (TFS). The effect of …
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Determinants of commercialization among smallholder vegetable cash crop farmers in Thulamela Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa
… to examine the intensity of commercialisation. A Tobit regression model was employed to analyse factors influencing the intensity of commercialisation. The study uncovered that women were the dominant group, with an average age of 45 years. Furthermore, 85% of the farmers were full-time farmers, …
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Local government in South Africa – Efficiencies revisited
… of South Africa. The study further employed a Tobit regression model to explain what determines the efficiency scores. The study findings show that total population has a negative relationship with efficiency scores. Financial flexibility, financial independence, and grants all have a positive …
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An analysis of agricultural commercialisation amongst smallholder farmers in Munyati Resettlement Area, Chikomba District, Zimbabwe
… the statistical package Stata version 10.0. The Tobit Regression Model was used to analyse the determinants of input and output commercialisation. The study revealed that the farmers have an average input commercialisation index of0.42 and an average output commercialisation index of 0.41. Level …
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The impact of farm input subsidies on economic efficiency of maize production in Malawi
… by about 13 percent. The results of second stage Tobit regression estimations indicates that the FISP programme improved the efficiencies of maize farmers in Malawi. In addition, t farmers’ age, farming experience, education years, having an income generating activity and receiving remittance were …
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Determinants of Post-Harvest Handling Practices and Technologies Harnessed by Smallholder Fruit Crop Farmers in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… analysed using descriptive statistics and the Tobit regression model. The data analysis results, with direct implications for policymakers and organisations, reveal a predominance of male farmers (63.8%), with significant engagement in agriculture (84.4%) and high land ownership (95.5%). …
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A comparative analysis of locally owned banks in the United Arab Emirates
… levels are not always high. Use of the Tobit Regression Model identifies market concentration and over~banking as two of the contributory factors towards poor efficiency results of some banks. The results of this research raise the important policy question, what do less efficient banks …
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The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction for Federal Income Tax: A Federalist Perspective
… the tax code for of the HMI deduction. First, a Tobit regression is used to analyze the distribution of the HMI tax benefit across states and to test for disproportionate distribution across states in benefit derived from the federal income tax deduction for home mortgage interest beyond that …
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An examination of large commercial banks within G-10: risk, efficiency, and the 1996 market risk amendment.
… from market risk. In this study a multivariate regression model is used to investigate the effect of the MRA announcements on the returns to shareholders of commercial banks within G-10 countries (Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, …
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Principal-principal conflicts in Asean 5 mergers and acquisitions
… the econometric robustness of analysis using Tobit regression. PP conflicts associated with M&A are found to be rampant. Furthermore, PA conflicts are also significant in this region. These suggest consequences in terms of limited willingness by investors to participate in share investment as …
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Corporate governance and financial performance of Sri Lankan listed companies 2006-2010
… techniques including as ANOVA test, panel tobit regression, difference-in-difference method, quantile regression are used to check hypotheses relevant in this study. The findings indicate that there is positive relationship between corporate governance and firm financial performance and a …
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Addressing health inequalities in South Africa : policy insights and the role of improved efficiency
… respectively. With the limited data available a tobit regression is also run to identify factors influencing the technical efficiency of hospitals. Overall, the findings of this study indicate that the huge income-related inequalities in health and health care that existed prior to the change of …