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FedAugSec: a federated learning framework with data augmentation and selective encryption for financial fraud detection [PDF]
PeerJ Computer ScienceFederated learning (FL) has emerged as an important paradigm for privacy-preserving machine learning in the financial sector, enabling multiple institutions to collaboratively train models without sharing raw sensitive data.
Sitong Liu, Qinzheng Feng, Xiu Zhang
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, 2020 This paper investigates how the financial stability of a firm can be modelled using Credit Default Swaps and how this model can be applied to measure the financial stability of financial institutions in the U.S. during COVID-19. An algorithm based on the theoretical framework around Credit Default Swaps and financial stability of Merton (1974), Collin ...
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva +2 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki +6 more
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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The Role of Financial Forecasting in the Formation of Optimal Loan Portfolios of Ukrainian Banks [PDF]
Облік і фінансиThe variability of social, economic and military factors over time reduces the efficiency of the banking institution. In this regard, managing the bank's loan portfolio, as the primary source of bank profits, should be carried out using progressive ...
Kostiantyn Zatvornytskyi
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Policy uncertainty shocks and farm investments in Europe: Evidence from a newspaper‐based index
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract In order to quantify the impact of agricultural policy uncertainty on European farmers' investment behavior, we construct a newspaper‐based monthly index of European agricultural policy uncertainty from 2013 to 2023. We use 327,224 newspaper articles to assess and compare the trends in policy uncertainty across five top agricultural producers ...
Viviana Garcia +2 more
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A Feasibility Study of Criminal Liability of Banks for Granting Credit Facilities and Loans Without Adequate Guarantees [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i KiyfarīIntroductionIran’s banking system plays a decisive and structurally dominant role in the country’s economy. In the absence of a fully developed and efficient capital market capable of independently financing large-scale productive and commercial ...
Roya Safari +2 more
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High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State
American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording +4 more
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