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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of automated teller machine deployment in commercial banks of Ethiopia. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2021
Adane MD, Wale T, Meried EW.
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of CEO on Bank Efficiency: Evidence From Private Commercial Banks. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2021
Khan I, Mansi W, Lin KL, Liu CF, Suanpong K, Ruangkanjanases A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Bank Liquidity: Evidence from Local, Foreign and Islamic Commercial Banks in Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of bank-specific variables (i.e. bank size, profitability, deposits, cost of funds and capital ratio) on liquidity of local, foreign and Islamic commercial banks in Pakistan.
Nadeem Ahmed Sheikh, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid   +2 more
doaj  

The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of government macroeconomic policies and elections on income smoothing in state-controlled commercial banks: Evidence from the MENA region. [PDF]

PLoS One
Peykani P, Sargolzaei M, Mohagheghnia MJ, Takaloo A, Valimoradi M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficiency evaluation of commercial banks in Pakistan: A slacks-based measure Super-SBM approach with bad output (Non-performing loans). [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Shah WUH, Hao G, Yan H, Yasmeen R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source