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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Smoking and Returns to Education: Empirical Evidence for Germany [PDF]
Looking at smoking-behavior it can be shown that there are differences concerning the time-preference-rate. Therefore this has an effect on the optimal schooling decision in the way that we assume a lower average human capital level for smokers ...
Julia Reilich
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley +4 more
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Investigating aspects of the capital budgeting process used in the evaluation of investment projects
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2000 Given the importance of capital investment, not only for the country as a whole but the creation of shareholder wealth by individual firms, it is vital to investigate the practices used to evaluate these projects.
J. H. Hall
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Economic and accounting rates of return [PDF]
The rate of return on invested capital is a central concept in financial analysis. The purpose of calculating the rate of return on investment in general is to measure the financial performance, to assess the desirability of a project and to make ...
Feenstra, D.W., Wang, H.
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Assessing Photovoltaic Recycling Capacities and Policy Gaps in the European Union
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This study maps photovoltaic recycling capacity in the EU and key global regions, highlighting gaps between growing waste volumes and available infrastructure. It combines survey insights and policy analysis to identify recycling bottlenecks and offers recommendations to boost circularity in the solar sector.
Nieves Espinosa +3 more
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PROBLEMS OF BRINGING INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN CRISIS REQUIREMENTS
Acta Economica, 2010 First of all the article defines real and nominal rate of return, with difference. Тo the real rate of return the expected inflation rate is included into the nominal rate of return.
Милорад Иванишевић, PhD
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The Relationship between Profitability, Bankruptcy Risk and Bank Credit by Selected Bank Sector Variables [PDF]
مطالعات مالی و بانکداری اسلامی, 2019 The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between bank profitability, bankruptcy and credit risk and selected bank sector variables. The study population includes banks accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange from 2009 to 2017.
Abdollah Pakdel Moghanlo +2 more
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Segmented Life-cycle Labor Markets – Portuguese Evidence [PDF]
The paper contrasts the pattern of returns to human capital in different economic sectors. As job mobility, especially across sectors, is limited, it is argued that coefficients of experience in earnings regressions may capture or be interpreted as the ...
Ana Paula Martins
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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