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Loss Aversion, Regret Aversion, Herding in Fraudulent Investment Decisions Moderated by Financial Literacy

open access: yesKeunis
Fraudulent investment schemes continue to deceive the public despite ongoing improvements in financial literacy across Indonesia. This phenomenon presents a serious threat to personal financial management, as many individuals are still lured by promises ...
Muhammad Ardian Satya Nugraha   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Herd Behavior in the Japanese Loan Market: Evidence from Bank Panel Data [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates whether Japanese banks had been following herd behavior in the domestic loan market from 1975 through 2002. Applying the technique developed by Lakonishok, Shleifer, and Vishny (LSV) (1992, J. of Fin.
Hirofumi Uchida, Ryuichi Nakagawa
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Nutrient composition and heavy metal accumulation in water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms] and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) from the Dande River, Nepal: Implications for use as alternative feed resources

open access: yesJSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The proliferation of invasive aquatic macrophytes poses a significant ecological challenge globally, while many tropical regions face chronic shortages of affordable livestock feed. This study addresses this dual problem by assessing two invasive species, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes ...
Anish Balchhaudi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the influence of herding behaviour on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Magister Commercii - MComSince the discovery of herding behaviour in financial markets in the 1990s, it has become an area of interest for many investors, practitioners and scholars.
Munetsi, Raramai Patience
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Physicochemical properties, fermentative profile, microbiological quality, and pathogen contamination of baled silage during long‐term storage

open access: yesJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Baled silage is expanding in Mediterranean regions due to climate change and demand for high‐quality forage; therefore, evaluating the effects of long‐term storage on microbiological and fermentative quality is essential. RESULTS In this study, 115 baled silages were sampled from different farms at 30, 60, 90, 180, and 270 days ...
Lidia Nieddu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Panic Flight in the Social Sciences of Disasters

open access: yesEncyclopedia
This paper reviews social science studies of emergency evacuations to point to the difficulties in associating them with panic formulations stressing irrationality and to show how the misunderstandings that how the conceptualization of one of these ...
Benigno Emilio Aguirre
doaj   +1 more source

Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together? Speculator Herding in the World Oil Market [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper looks at speculative behavior in the international oil market. Much of the blame for oil-market turbulence has been placed on speculators, particularly hedge funds.
Robert Weiner
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Beyond Skin and Eyes: The Medical and Social Burden of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Africa: A Narrative Review

open access: yesJEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetic disorder found worldwide, but its impact is particularly pronounced in the African continent. This results from both a higher prevalence and the persistent myths and superstitions surrounding the condition in many African communities.
Rebecca Donadoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental health problems among the Swedish reindeer-herding Sami population [Elektronisk resurs] : in perspective of intersectionality, organisational culture and acculturation

open access: yes, 2011
The overall objective of the thesis was to investigate aspects of mental health among Swedish Sami reindeer herders and to deepen the understanding of the experience of the living conditions of young Sami reindeer-herding men.
Salander Renberg, Ellinor,   +3 more
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Disrupting the herd: Recreational boating alters group dispersion within beluga whale herds

open access: yesThe Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Recreational boating in beluga habitat remains poorly documented. Using land‐based observations in the Saguenay Fjord (Quebec, Canada), we show that increasing recreational boat numbers are associated with a higher probability of changes in beluga herd dispersion, suggesting behavioral disturbance and the need to integrate recreational boating into ...
Camille Kowalski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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