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Le determinanti del credito al consumo in Italia: il ruolo della grande distribuzione

open access: yesMoneta e Credito, 2013
Although consumer credit has grown very fast over the last decade, the dimension of the market is still small by international standards and its degree of development differs considerably across local markets.
Luca Casolaro
doaj   +1 more source

Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Informal Credit Markets, Judicial Costs and Consumer Credit: Evidence from Firm Level Data [PDF]

open access: yes
How does the punishment for default affect repayment behavior? We use administrative data provided by the leading Italian lender of unsecured credit to the household sector to investigate the effect of two potentially important factors: judicial ...
Mario Padula, Charles Grant
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Taxation, credit constraints and the informal economy

open access: yesEconomiA, 2016
This paper extends Evans and Jovanovic (1989)'s entrepreneurship model to incorporate the informal sector. Specifically, entrepreneurs can operate either in the formal sector – in which they have limited access to credit markets and must pay taxes – or ...
Julia P. Araujo, Mauro Rodrigues
doaj   +1 more source

Credit Market and Macroeconomic Volatility [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
This paper investigates the role of credit market size as a determinant of business cycle fluctuations. First, using OECD data I document that credit market depth mitigates the impact of variations in productivity to output volatility. Then, I use a business cycle model with borrowing limits a la Kiyotaki and Moore (1997) to replicate this empirical ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Credit Derivatives Pricing Models [PDF]

open access: yesProblemi Ekonomiki
Derivatives play an important role in the processes that take place in the global economy and economic growth. They are critical for hedging risks in the banking sector, managing the interest rate in the activities of pension funds, satisfying insurance ...
Viadrova Inna M.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
wiley   +1 more source

INTERACTION OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL CREDIT MARKETS IN BACKWARD [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, a model of interaction of formal and informal credit markets has been developed where the bank official (the ultimate provider of formal credit) faces a lending constraint.
Sarbajit Chaudhuri
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