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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

IMPACT OF UNDERWRITING AND FINANCIAL RATIOS ON PROFITABILITY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF INSURANCE FIRMS

open access: yesModern Management Review
This study examines factors influencing profitability in the insurance sector, focusing on financial indicators such as Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Asset Liability Ratio (ALR), Claims Ratio (CR), Expense Ratio (ER), Leverage (LEV ...
Kehinde Isiaq OLAIYA
doaj   +1 more source

Inflation, Race, and Legislation—The Erosion in the Real Value of Monetary Compensation for Miners' Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa, 1973–2024

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background For much of the 20th century, the South African mining industry had a statutory compensation system for pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis characterized by gross racial inequality. This study examines the impact of inflation over the period 1973–2024 on the real value of miners' lung disease compensation, including the effect of the ...
Martin Nicol   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Portfolio Allocation under Asset and Surplus VaR Constraints [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we propose an approach to Asset Liability Management of various institutions, in particular insurance companies, based on a dual VaR constraint for the asset and the surplus.
Monfort, A.
core  

Asset Liability Management of Conventional and Islamic Banks in Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The objective of the paper is to investigate the effect of asset liability management on the financial performance of 6 conventional and 6 Islamic banks in Malaysia during the period of 2010 to 2013.
Mun, Y. L. (Yee)   +1 more
core  

Single and cross-generation natural hedging of longevity and financial risk [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The paper provides natural hedging strategies among death benefits and annuities written on a single and on different generations. It obtains closed-form Delta and Gamma hedges, in the presence of both longevity and interest rate risk.
Luciano, Elisa   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asset and Liability Management to Control Liquidity Risk in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات مالی و بانکداری اسلامی, 2019
Asset and liability management includes a set of specialized tools and techniques to create value for shareholders and control risk. The banking system is the heart of every economic system and its performance is affected by many factors such as ...
Mahshid Shahchera   +1 more
doaj  

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