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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões +2 more
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ASSESSING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY: CREDIT CONSTRAINTS AMONG LAYER FARMERS IN TOGO'S MARITIME REGION, WEST AFRICA [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic SciencesIn Togo's Maritime Region, credit constraints pose a significant barrier to economic efficiency for layer farmers. This study use stochastic profit frontier approach, moves beyond simple comparisons to illuminate the underlying mechanisms behind this ...
Sao A.T., Adabe K.E., Abbey G.A.
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Determinants of credit access of cocoa farmers
Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2019 Access to credit is one of the critical areas that are of prime interest to development practitioners, agribusiness entrepreneurs and agricultural economists, mainly access to credit by farmers in order to increase their production and also reduce ...
Nicholas Oppong Mensah +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales +3 more
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Do credit constraints amplify macroeconomic fluctuations? [PDF]
Previous studies on financial frictions have been unable to establish the empirical significance of credit constraints in macroeconomic fluctuations. This paper argues that the muted impact of credit constraints stems from the absence of a mechanism to ...
Zheng Liu, Tao Zha, Pengfei Wang
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Understanding the Relationship between Financial Literacy and Chinese Rural Households' Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of Credit Constraints and Risk Preference. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023 Liu S, He J, Xu D.
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Automated generative process synthesis via transformer‐based dual‐loop simulation and optimization
AIChE Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study presents a novel framework for automated generative process synthesis, addressing the complexity of simultaneously optimizing discrete topologies and continuous operating variables. To overcome conventional superstructure limitations, we propose a dual‐loop architecture integrating generative transformers with rigorous process ...
Yeong Woo Son +4 more
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Financial Attention and Household Consumption Upgrading
International Journal of Financial StudiesBased on data from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) conducted in 2019, this paper conducted an in-depth study on the impact and mechanism of financial attention on household consumption upgrading.
Han Li, Rui Zhang
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Four decades of retinal vessel segmentation research (1982–2025) are synthesized, spanning classical image processing, machine learning, and deep learning paradigms. A meta‐analysis of 428 studies establishes a unified taxonomy and highlights performance trends, generalization capabilities, and clinical relevance.
Avinash Bansal +6 more
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Racial Disparities in Credit Constraints in the Great Recession: Evidence from the UK [PDF]
This paper investigates racial disparities in household credit constraints using U.K. survey data. We find a widening disparity in the proportion of racial minority households reporting they face credit constraints compared with non-minority households ...
John Gathergood
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