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Money for Nothing and Checks for Free: Recent Developments in U.S. Subprime Mortgage Markets

IMF Working Papers, 2007
After a number of warning signs, the U.S. "subprime mortgage crisis" became a headline issue in February 2007. Notwithstanding the bankruptcy of numerous mortgage companies, historically high delinquencies and foreclosures, and a significant tightening in subprime lending standards, the impact thus far on core U.S.
Paul S. Mills, John Kiff
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Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

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, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anti-money laundering measures and financial sector development: Empirical evidence from Africa

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023
The study’s main objective was to evaluate the link between anti-money laundering (AML) regulations and financial sector development (FSD) in Africa and to test the nonlinearities in the AML regulations-FSD nexus.
Samuel Antwi, Anthony Buawolor Tetteh, Patience Armah, Eric Opoku Dankwah   +3 more
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Proposed law on political donations can help check money politics - Analyst [PDF]

, 2016
KUALA LUMPUR: It is imperative that Malaysia enact a law to regulate political donations and expenditure, and enhance the integrity of political parties, according to political analyst Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Azizuddin Mohd ...
New Sabah Times English, (KK)
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Banks, microfinance institutions and fintech: how the ratio of male and female entrepreneurs moderates their capacity for financial inclusion

Cogent Economics & Finance
This article highlights the determinants of financial inclusion within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), focusing on the moderating role of the male/female entrepreneurial rate.
Mamadou Ndione, Arvind Ashta, Bernard Bahama Bako Liba   +2 more
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k-Root-n: An Efficient Algorithm for Avoiding Short Term Double-Spending Alongside Distributed Ledger Technologies such as Blockchain

Information, 2020
Blockchains such as the bitcoin blockchain depend on reaching a global consensus on the distributed ledger; therefore, they suffer from well-known scalability problems.
Zvi Schreiber
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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao, Simon Meister, Lucie Maruejols, Xiaohua Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Auditoría integral al componente de inversiones de la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Unión Mercedaria Ltda., período de 2013 [PDF]

, 2015
Este proyecto de auditoría integral al componente de inversiones de la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Unión Mercedaria Ltda., por el período comprendido del 01 de enero al 31 de diciembre del 2013, mediante procedimientos y técnicas aplicables, que ...
Zambrano Segovia, Mery Elena
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