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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

THE APPLICATION OF COPULAS IN PRICING DEPENDENT CREDIT DERIVATIVES INSTRUMENTS [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to use copulas functions to capture the different structures of dependency when we deal with portfolios of dependent credit risks and a basket of credit derivatives.
Fathi Abid, Nader Naifar
core  

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source

Credit dynamics in a first passage time model with jumps [PDF]

open access: yes
The payoff of many credit derivatives depends on the level of credit spreads. In particular, the payoff of credit derivatives with a leverage component is sensitive to jumps in the underlying credit spreads.
Packham, Natalie   +2 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

CREDIT RISK MINIMIZATION WAYS AND PRICING OF BANKING SERVICES

open access: yesМодернизация, инновация, развитие, 2016
Accurate accounting of own expenses on rendering banking services and forming reasonable prices for them make it possible for commercial banks to adequately react to market situation changes.
V. E. Gladkova
doaj  

Credit Derivatives and Sovereign Debt Crises [PDF]

open access: yes
Credit derivatives allow for buying protection on corporate debt, but also on sovereign debt. In this paper we examine the implications for sovereign debt crises.
Goderis, Benedikt, Wagner, Wolf
core   +1 more source

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The counterparty credit risk appetite in the Polish over-the-counter derivatives market

open access: yesInternational Entrepreneurship Review
Objective: The article aims to study the selected approach used to manage the counterparty credit risk, namely the application of the pre-settlement risk limits in the Polish over-the-counter derivatives market between financial institutions and non ...
Piotr Wybieralski
doaj   +1 more source

Financial Risks and Derivative Use of Non-financial Companies in Turkey

open access: yesFrontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2019
Companies are exposed to many risks in their life. Derivatives are one of the tools that companies commonly use in order to mitigate these risks. The fluctuations in the markets in recent years have increased companies' need to use derivatives.
Eser Yeşildağ
doaj   +1 more source

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