Mehdi Farsi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1414529 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mehdi Farsi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mehdi |
| FAMILY NAME | Farsi |
| SIGNATURE | FARSI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | ETH Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6748-5207 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Turn It Up and Open the Window: On the Rebound Effects in Residential Heating
An Empirical Analysis of Child Care Demand in Switzerland
This paper analyzes the demand of Swiss families for child care facilities. A choice experiment is used to study the effects of the facilities' characteristics as well as socio‐economic factors on the selected child care mode. The experimental data are analyzed using a discrete choice model with multinomial logit specification. The results suggest that the demand for extra‐familial day care could be considerably higher than that observed from the…
Application of Panel Data Models in Benchmarking Analysis of the Electricity Distribution Sector
en fin d'article; Zusammenfassung am Ende des Artikels; resumen al fin del artículo. : This paper explores the application of several panel data models in measuring productive efficiency of the electricity distribution sector. Stochastic Frontier Analysis has been used to estimate the cost-efficiency of 59 distribution utilities operating over a nine-year period in Switzerland. The estimated coefficients and inefficiency scores are compared acros…
Cut to the Bone? Hospital Takeovers and Nurse Employment Contracts
The authors examine changes in the wages, employment, and effort of nurses in California hospitals following takeovers by large chains in the 1990s. The market for nurses has been described as a classic monopsony, so that one might expect increases in firm market power to be associated with declines in wages. However, a basic contracting model predicts effects on effort rather than on wages, which is what this analysis finds: nurses experienced f…
An Empirical Analysis of Cost Efficiency in Non‐profit and Public Nursing Homes
This paper examines the issue of cost‐efficiency in Switzerland's nursing homes, an issue of concern to policy makers because of the rapid growth of elderly care expenditure and the aging of the population. The fact that nursing homes in Switzerland exist in different institutional forms, private for‐profit, government and non‐profit status, raises the issue of their relative cost efficiency. A panel data of 17 public and 19 nonprofit nursing hom…
An Empirical Analysis of Child Care Demand in Switzerland
This paper analyzes the demand of Swiss families for child care facilities. A choice experiment is used to study the effects of the facilities' characteristics as well as socio‐economic factors on the selected child care mode. The experimental data are analyzed using a discrete choice model with multinomial logit specification. The results suggest that the demand for extra‐familial day care could be considerably higher than that observed from the…
An Empirical Analysis of Cost Efficiency in Non‐profit and Public Nursing Homes
This paper examines the issue of cost‐efficiency in Switzerland's nursing homes, an issue of concern to policy makers because of the rapid growth of elderly care expenditure and the aging of the population. The fact that nursing homes in Switzerland exist in different institutional forms, private for‐profit, government and non‐profit status, raises the issue of their relative cost efficiency. A panel data of 17 public and 19 nonprofit nursing hom…
Cut to the Bone? Hospital Takeovers and Nurse Employment Contracts
The authors examine changes in the wages, employment, and effort of nurses in California hospitals following takeovers by large chains in the 1990s. The market for nurses has been described as a classic monopsony, so that one might expect increases in firm market power to be associated with declines in wages. However, a basic contracting model predicts effects on effort rather than on wages, which is what this analysis finds: nurses experienced f…
An Empirical Analysis of Cost Efficiency in Non‐profit and Public Nursing Homes
This paper examines the issue of cost‐efficiency in Switzerland's nursing homes, an issue of concern to policy makers because of the rapid growth of elderly care expenditure and the aging of the population. The fact that nursing homes in Switzerland exist in different institutional forms, private for‐profit, government and non‐profit status, raises the issue of their relative cost efficiency. A panel data of 17 public and 19 nonprofit nursing hom…
Cut to the Bone? Hospital Takeovers and Nurse Employment Contracts
The authors examine changes in the wages, employment, and effort of nurses in California hospitals following takeovers by large chains in the 1990s. The market for nurses has been described as a classic monopsony, so that one might expect increases in firm market power to be associated with declines in wages. However, a basic contracting model predicts effects on effort rather than on wages, which is what this analysis finds: nurses experienced f…
Application of Panel Data Models in Benchmarking Analysis of the Electricity Distribution Sector
en fin d'article; Zusammenfassung am Ende des Artikels; resumen al fin del artículo. : This paper explores the application of several panel data models in measuring productive efficiency of the electricity distribution sector. Stochastic Frontier Analysis has been used to estimate the cost-efficiency of 59 distribution utilities operating over a nine-year period in Switzerland. The estimated coefficients and inefficiency scores are compared acros…
An Empirical Analysis of Child Care Demand in Switzerland
This paper analyzes the demand of Swiss families for child care facilities. A choice experiment is used to study the effects of the facilities' characteristics as well as socio‐economic factors on the selected child care mode. The experimental data are analyzed using a discrete choice model with multinomial logit specification. The results suggest that the demand for extra‐familial day care could be considerably higher than that observed from the…
Turn It Up and Open the Window: On the Rebound Effects in Residential Heating
Economics (5 works) · Microeconomics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 works) · Benchmarking (1 works)