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Models for the price of a storable commodity [PDF]
The current literature does not provide efficient models for commodity prices and futures valuation. This inadequacy is partly due to the fact that the two main streams of the literature - structural models and reduced form models - are largely ...
Ribeiro, Diana
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Premium subsidy designs and crowding out of insurance demand
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is an important instrument to protect farmers against extreme weather events. Many countries provide subsidies for crop insurance products to make insurance more affordable for farmers. The Federal Crop Insurance Program in the United States and major European crop insurance programs such as in Spain, Italy, and France focus on ...
Tim Philippi
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan +6 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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LIVESTOCK FUTURES MARKETS AND RATIONAL PRICE FORMATION: EVIDENCE FOR LIVE CATTLE AND LIVE HOGS [PDF]
The efficiency of livestock futures markets continues to receive attention, particularly with regard to their forward pricing or forecasting ability.
Koontz, Stephen R. +2 more
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‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino +3 more
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What explains the growth in commodity derivatives? [PDF]
This article documents the massive increase in trading in commodity derivatives over the past decade—growth which far outstrips the growth in commodity production and the need for derivatives to hedge risk by commercial producers and users of commodities.
Parantap Basu, William T. Gavin
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Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.Integrated compositional profiling of ten commercial green coffee lots showed higher mean total phenolic content, DPPH radical‐scavenging activity, β‐carotene, and total phytosterols in Robusta‐labeled lots, whereas Arabica‐labeled lots showed higher mean total tocopherols and total measured fatty acids.
Muyny Chhom +2 more
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Price asymmetry in South African futures markets for agricultural commodities [PDF]
This paper tests the existence of price asymmetry in South African futures markets for white and yellow maize, wheat and sunflower seeds using a dynamic price asymmetry model.
Moholwa, B., Mashamaite, P.
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Sustainable Manufacturing Platforms for Closed‐Cycle Bioeconomy Applications
Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition to a circular bioeconomy requires innovative production platforms that prioritize sustainability, resource efficiency, and waste minimization. Organic waste from agriculture, aquaculture, and food production represents an underutilized feedstock for biomanufacturing, contributing to a circular economy.
Yelizaveta Chernysh +2 more
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