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El papel del crédito rural en la agricultura del Antiguo Régimen: desarrollo y crisis de las modalidades crediticias (1600-1850) [PDF]

, 1994
This commentary sums up the communications presented to the session of the Vl" Spanish Agrarian History Seminar devoted to the rural credit during the Ancien Régime. It asks several questions on the moneylender's and borrower' s identities, the different
Tello Aragay, Enric
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The Italian exclusion of farming enterprises from major insolvency proceedings: An assessment of its appropriateness within the European Union insolvency context

International Insolvency Review, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 161-182, Spring 2025.
Abstract The article examines the Italian approach to farming enterprises' insolvency. In Italy, farmers were traditionally excluded from the application of insolvency proceedings regardless of their corporate status. In the last decade, they have gained limited access to special insolvency procedures developed for consumers and small enterprises.
Oriana Casasola, Elisa Salvadori
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Food insecurity and coping strategies of low‐income households in Tshwane, South Africa

Poverty &Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 4, Page 388-406, December 2024.
Abstract This study used principal component analysis to provide targeted policy interventions in response to livelihood coping strategies adopted by low‐income households in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa. The empirical findings are categorized into four food‐coping strategy groups.
Adrino Mazenda, Tinashe Mushayanyama
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Competition, over‐branching and bank failures during the Great Depression: New evidence from Italy

The Economic History Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 1442-1476, November 2024.
Abstract This paper employs quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the link between banking competition, branching and financial distress during the interwar period in Europe, focusing on Italy as a case study. Regression analysis and a systematic review of printed sources show that banks experiencing distress had opened scores of branches and
Marco Molteni
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Influência do capital social no mercado de crédito rural

Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 2005
O trabalho analisa o efeito do capital social sobre o volume de negócios no mercado de crédito rural. No caso do crédito rural, o intermediário financeiro maximizador de lucro depara com uma importante restrição a este objetivo: historicamente, a taxa de
Roberto Arruda de Souza Lima, Ricardo Shirota   +1 more
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Rent–wage inequality in Mexico City, 1770–1930

The Economic History Review, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 1035-1056, August 2024.
Abstract This article traces trends of income inequality in Mexico City from 1770 to 1930 by measuring the gaps between urban real estate rents and unskilled wages. The article presents the first long‐term series of real estate values and rental income for Mexico.
Amílcar E. Challú, Israel García Solares, Aurora Gómez‐Galvarriato   +2 more
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Ideas, Interests and Institutions in Brazilian Rural Territorial Development Policy: A Study of Território Meio Oeste Contestado

Íconos, 2015
The territory ‘Meio Oeste Contestado’, located in Santa Catarina, Brazil, was created in 2003, after the implementation of the rural territorial development policy of the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010).
Tecchio, Andréia , Grisa, Catia, Oliveira, Luiza Zitzke , Cazella, Ademir Antonio   +3 more
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High levels of genetic variation and differentiation in wild tropical gourds provide a novel resource for cucurbit crop improvement

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 4, Page 834-846, July 2024.
The genetic variation of crop wild relatives will be key for our survival, as environmental change represents an increasing global threat for agriculture and food security. Cucurbita lundelliana and Cucurbita okeechobeensis subsp. martinezii are wild relatives of cultivated squashes and pumpkins that could be used for crop improvement.
Gabriela Castellanos‐Morales, Xitlali Aguirre‐Dugua, Enrique Scheinvar, Jaime Gasca‐Pineda, Guillermo Sánchez‐de la Vega, Erika Aguirre‐Planter, Rafael Lira‐Saade, Luis E. Eguiarte   +7 more
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Impactos do crédito rural no mercado de trabalho da agropecuária dos estados brasileiros

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 2020
Este trabalho examina as repercussões do crédito rural sobre o mercado de trabalho da agropecuária dos estados brasileiros. Especificamente, são analisados os impactos desse instrumento de política sobre o nível de emprego e sobre os salários reais desse
João Paulo Rios e Silva, Elano Ferreira Arruda   +1 more
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Puerto Rican welfare queens and the semiotics of respectability: The language of race, class, and gender

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 71-93, June 2024.
Abstract In this article, we explore how raciolinguistic parody functions in a society that hegemonically denies racial divisions. Through an analysis of Puerto Rican comedian Natalia Lugo's YouTube portrayals of her character, Francheska the Yal ‘welfare queen,’ we argue that covert racialization operates through a semiotics of respectability, whereby
Mary Elizabeth Beaton, Whitney Chappell, Ashlee Dauphinais Civitello   +2 more
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