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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
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Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
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Health Insurance and Long-Term Care Services for the Disabled Elderly in China: Based on CHARLS Data

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020
Linhong Chen, 1, 2 Xiaolu Zhang, 3 Xiaocang Xu 4 1Department of Applied Statistics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Public ...
Chen L, Zhang X, Xu X
doaj  

Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of long-term care insurance on health: a study of the middle-aged and older adult in pilot cities in China

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundChina established a trial long-term care insurance program in 15 cities in 2016 to address the country’s aging population; however, the policy’s impacts must be confirmed.MethodsPanel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Qian Chen, Qian Chen, Sang Ma, Xinyue Lyu   +3 more
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Care and nursing in remodeling long term care insurance

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, 2007
Long term care insurance was changed in 2006. The main purpose of remodeling is to support preventive care and to develop community comprehensive care center and community based services. Community based services are composed by group homes, night care services, small multi-function complex care services, day care services for dementia, satellite ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
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Residents’ Cognition, Attitudes, and Intentions to Participate in Long-Term Care Insurance: Moderating Effect of Policy Support

Behavioral Sciences
This study took a comprehensive approach to considering residents’ demands and investigated the intentions of residents in Hebei Province to participate in LTCI, exploring the potential for individual participation.
Zhaohui Sun, Yifan Li, Shaokui Gao
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical Outcomes of Sequential Robot‐Assisted Hepatobiliary–Pancreatic Surgery in a Single Operating Room: A Single‐Center Retrospective Analysis of a High‐Volume Center in Japan (TAKUMI‐6)

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study investigated the surgical outcomes of sequential robot‐assisted hepatobiliary–pancreatic (HBP) in a single operating room. The outcomes and operating room timelines were comparable between the first and second cases. The median turnover time was 49 min, and the day‐shift completion success rate was 34.4%.
Tomokazu Fuji, Kosei Takagi, Kazuya Yasui, Takeyoshi Nishiyama, Yasuo Nagai, Naohiro Okada, Shohei Yokoyama, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source