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Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The cost of firms' debt financing [PDF]

, 2013
We provide an assessment of the determinants of the risk remia paid by non-financial corporations on long-term bonds. By looking at 5,500 issues over the period 2005-2012, we find that in recent years the sovereign debt market turbulence has been a major
Zaghini, Andrea, Pianeselli, Daniele
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CSR Disclosures, CSR Awards and Corporate Governance as Determinants of the Cost of Debt: Evidence from Malaysia

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2022
The current study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures, media announcements of CSR awards and a firm’s cost of debt in Malaysia.
Shyamala Dhoraisingam Samuel, Sakthi Mahenthiran, Ravindran Ramasamy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does ESG Disclosure Quality Reduce Firms’ Cost of Debt? The mediating Role of Information Asymmetry

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies
Purpose: This study examines whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure quality reduces firms’ cost of debt and whether information asymmetry mediates this relationship.
Yusra Shehzadi, Ravinder Rena, Kehkashan Rani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disclosure of government financial information and the cost of local government’s debt financing—Empirical evidence from provincial investment bonds for urban construction

China Journal of Accounting Research, 2016
China’s slowing economic growth and rapid urbanization have made local government debt financing a significant issue. This study uses a sample of China’s provincial government data for the 2006–2012 period to examine the effect of the disclosure of ...
Zhibin Chen, Jun Pan, Liangliang Wang, Xiaofeng Shen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heterogeneity in Food Price Inflation Convergence Across the EU: Evidence From Club Dynamics and Structural Breaks

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines food price inflation rate convergence among EU27 Member States from 2005 to 2024, focusing on structural breaks, external shocks, and regional disparities. Using panel unit root tests and club convergence analysis, the findings reveal no overall convergence but identify multiple convergence clubs.
Tibor Bareith, Imre Fertő
wiley   +1 more source

Debt financing in a duopoly with asymmetric costs

RAIRO - Operations Research, 2023
This paper examines the strategic use of debt financing in a quantity-setting duopoly with asymmetric costs. Before output competition (Cournot or Stackelberg) with demand uncertainty takes place, both firms can strategically choose to issue debt to commit to an aggressive output stance.
Lei Fang, Sai Zhao
openaire   +2 more sources

Not All Agreements Are Equal: Heterogeneous Effects of RTAs on Latin American Agri‐Food Exports, 1990–2019

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the final decade of the 20th century, Latin American countries have increasingly regarded the signing of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a promising strategy for expanding their exports. Within this context, the main objective of this study is to assess the impact of RTAs on agri‐food exports in Latin America over the period 1990 ...
María‐Isabel Ayuda, Ignacio Belloc, Vicente Pinilla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Real Earnings Management and ESG Disclosure on the Cost of Debt with Political Connections as a Moderating Variable: Evidence from Listed Firms in Indonesia

Keunis
As a crucial financial metric, the cost of debt measures the economic burden that a firm bears when using loans to fund its operations. Using a regression model, this study examines how real earnings management, ESG disclosure, political connections, and
Ramiz Firas, Antonius Ragil Kuncoro
doaj   +1 more source