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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

Responsible lending as means of protecting consumers in credit contracts in the law of the European Union [PDF]

Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2019
The traditional concept of consumer law relies on the so-called information paradigm. It postulates the ability of consumers to make rational choices if they are provided with all the necessary information as well as the required level of transparency of
Dudaš Atila I.
doaj  

Arkansas Landlord Selection of Land-Leasing Contract Type and Terms [PDF]

Land leasing is a major source of the land input to production agriculture. Responses from a survey of landlords leasing crop land in Arkansas are analyzed to better understand those factors motivating landlords in the type of lease they select and the ...
Ahrendsen, Bruce L., Bierlen, Ralph W., Dixon, Bruce L., Parsch, Lucas D., Rainey, Ronald L.   +4 more
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Comparative cranial biomechanics reveal macroevolutionary trends in theropod dinosaurs, with emphasis on Tyrannosauroidea

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Tyrannosaurus is viewed as a model organism in vertebrate paleontology, with numerous studies analyzing its feeding biomechanics. Nonetheless, the evolution of this feeding performance has been under‐addressed in Tyrannosauroidea, especially in basal tyrannosauroids. Here we used muscle‐force reconstruction and finite element analysis (FEA) to
Evan Johnson‐Ransom, Paul Gignac, Daniel E. Barta, Ryan N. Felice, Eric Snively   +4 more
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CONTRACTUAL FREEDOM AND FORMALISM IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2011
The credit agreement meaning is trust. It involves a psychological relationship between two or more persons, characterized by predictability the third one involving present or future action on the status of a particular person.This relationship is ...
ANCA NICOLETA GHEORGHE, CAMELIA STANCIULESCU   +1 more
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Does credit reporting lead to a decline in relationship lending? Evidence from information sharing technology

Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2018
I examine how credit reporting affects where firms access credit and how lenders contract with them. I use within firm-time and lender-time tests that exploit lenders joining a credit bureau and sharing information in a staggered pattern.
Andrew Sutherland
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A sustainable business ecosystem: a case study demonstrating biochar's potential

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The need for renewable, climate‐friendly resources has become urgent as legislators worldwide have sought to find ways to cut emissions while ensuring resource security for consumers. The use of biochar could help to achieve these goals. This study examines the current state of commercial biochar production and the maturity of the related ...
Kivijakola Juuso, Erkheikki Eemeli, Lukka Viljo, Tervonen Pekka, Harri Haapasalo   +4 more
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The professionalisation of teachers in France at a time of new reform: A comparative perspective of teacher‐trainers and students in pre‐service training

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The latest reform of initial teacher education (ITE) in France, introduced in 2021, aims to make teacher training less theoretical and therefore more ‘practical’. New elements, such as the replacement of the Écoles Supérieures pour le Professorat et l'Éducation (ÉSPÉs) by the Instituts Nationaux Supérieurs du Professorat et de l'Education ...
Eric Maleyrot, Thérèse Perez‐Roux
wiley   +1 more source

Transparency of (Pre-)Contractual Information in Consumer Credit Agreements: Is Consistency the Missing Key?

Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, 2018
This article shows that there is a lack of consistency in the interpretation of the meaning and scope of the obligation of traders to provide transparent pre-contractual and contractual information on consumer credit to consumers in EU law.
Mia Junuzović
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Blockchain-Enabled Trade Finance Innovation: A Potential Paradigm Shift on Using Letter of Credit

, 2019
This paper explores a potential paradigm shift in trade finance utilizing blockchain technology. Traditionally, the centralized operating model has governed trade finance and the manner in which traders handle business processes.
S. Chang, H. Luo, Yichian Chen
semanticscholar   +1 more source