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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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THE GAMER GENERATION – FUTURE DRONE PILOTS [PDF]
Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2017 Drones or unmanned piloted vehicles represent the pinnacle of ranged weapon technology that ensure a fast strike, low cost and with almost no boots on the ground.
Andrei-Alexandru STOICA
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Rationing and screening in crowdinvesting-markets [PDF]
, 2016 The allocation of shares on crowd-investing-platforms is best described by the phrase "first come, first served". An entrepreneur who sells corporate equity to a "crowd" of investors on such a platform chooses a fixed investment target before the ...
Dalvai, Wilfried, Mäschle, Oliver
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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SME bonds in European countries as a new approach to financing [PDF]
, 2018 Nowadays a lot of new financial instruments for SMEs innovation projects are getting more popular in the business environment. A great number of them are traditional like credit loans at the same time we can observe the appearance of innovative ones ...
Britchenko, Igor +3 more
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Changing financial system architecture under the influence of the fintech market: A literature review [PDF]
, 2023 In the past seven decades, especially since the Global Financial Crisis, the financial system’s architecture has changed significantly around the world.
Ismayilov, Natig, Kozarević, Emira
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong +2 more
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(Im)perfect Substitutes: Business angels and crowd sourced start-up funding
International Review of Economics & FinanceThis study provides comparative empirical evidence on the fundraising outcomes and the post-funding performances of ventures supported by either business angels or crowd-investors.
Stefano Bonini +3 more
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Initial Coin Offerings: Innovation, Democratization and the SEC [PDF]
, 2018 Initial coin offerings are a source of controversy in the world of startup fundraising, and their legality is, at best, an open question. Amid soaring valuations and rumors of looming SEC action, investors and issuers alike are scrambling to forge a path
Preston, Jay
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study advances the literature on sustainable urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food production systems, which have gained momentum due to the need to strengthen regional food supply chains and meet the growing urban demand for fresh food. Indoor agriculture (IA) holds promise for year‐round cultivation of fresh produce even in
Joseph Seong +2 more
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