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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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Why do borrowers pledge collateral? new empirical evidence on the role of asymmetric information [PDF]
An important theoretical literature motivates collateral as a mechanism that mitigates adverse selection, credit rationing, and other inefficiencies that arise when borrowers hold ex ante private information.
Marco A. Espinosa-Vega +3 more
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Collateral, default risk, and relationship lending : an empirical study on financial contracting [PDF]
, 1999 This paper provides further insights into the nature of relationship lending by analyzing the link between relationship lending, borrower quality and collateral as a key variable in loan contract design. We used a unique data set based on the examination
Elsas, Ralf, Krahnen, Jan Pieter
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff +2 more
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Does Collateral Help Mitigate Adverse Selection ? A Cross-Country Analysis [PDF]
We investigate whether collateral helps to solve adverse selection problems. Theory predicts a negative relationship between presence of collateral and risk premium, as collateral constitutes a signalling instrument for the borrower to be charged with a ...
Weill, Laurent, Godlewski, Christophe
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Dynamic Operations in Macromolecular Data Storage
Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.With the exponential growth of digital data and the limitations of conventional silicon‐based storage and computing technologies, macromolecular data storage, the practice of encoding digital information within large, complex molecules like DNA or synthetic polymers, has emerged as a scalable and sustainable alternative to traditional digital ...
Jakub Ossowski +3 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Heterozygous germline variants in CBL disrupt its function as a negative regulator of the Ras/MAPK pathway, classically predisposing to Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) and moyamoya. We describe two affected siblings carrying a paternally inherited CBL variant (c.1210 T> C, p.
Michal Bar‐Hakim +12 more
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Collateral, relationship lending and financial distress : an empirical study on financial contracting [PDF]
, 2002 This paper analyses the role of collateral in loan contracting when companies are financed by multiple bank lenders and relationship lending can be present.
Elsas, Ralf, Krahnen, Jan Pieter
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Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.This review highlights an emerging anticancer approach integrating platinum agents into photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) systems, further augmented by cancer cell membrane‐ and organelle‐targeting. By directing photoactivated platinum complexes from nontargeted distribution to cancer cells or defined subcellular sites ...
Shu Chen +3 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Detailed clinical phenotypes have been previously reported for 33 individuals with X‐linked HNRNPH2‐related neurodevelopmental disorder. Of these, 75% self‐reported a musculoskeletal abnormality, including hip dysplasia, scoliosis, kyphosis, lordosis, pes planus, arthritis, and missing spinous processes.
Ambar Garcia +6 more
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