Results 91 to 100 of about 707,795 (309)

Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with health insurance coverage among ever-married women in Somalia using 2020 health and demographic survey data

Discover Social Science and Health
Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires effective financial risk protection mechanisms, with health insurance being a cornerstone. In Somalia’s fragile and under-researched context, the factors influencing health insurance adoption ...
Mohamed Mohamoud Abdilleh, Eid Ibrahim Daud, Hamse Adam Abdi, Mustafa Hassan Dahir, Abdisalam Hassan Muse   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pure vs. Mutual Sick Insurance Societies. Evidence from Swedish Historical Data [PDF]

Using data from voluntary Swedish sick insurance societies 1902-1910, this paper analyzes the coexistence of pure and mutual insurance societies where pure societies are characterized by charging ex ante premiums only while mutuals in addition charge ex ...
Nekby, Lena
core  

Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

Deposit Insurance and Bank Liquidity: Does Ownership Structure Matter?

Indonesian Capital Market Review, 2016
We examine how the level deposit insurance coverage affects bank liquidity. We also test the role of ownership in the relationship between deposit insurance coverage and bank liquidity. This study uses quarterly data of Indonesian banks from Q1:2002 - Q2:
Irwan Trinugroho, Muthmainah Muthmainah, Mochammad Doddy Ariefianto, Sutaryo Sutaryo, Agung Nur Probohudono   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Readability, Contracts of Recurring Use, nd the Problem of Ex Post Judicial Governance of Health Insurance Policies [PDF]

, 2010
While the rhetoric surrounding the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act focused on core issues such as cost, quality, and access to care, the dialog rarely acknowledged a key problem-the fact that most Americans do not understand ...
Cogan, John Aloysius, Jr.
core   +2 more sources

Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of demand for and utilization of dental services by insurance coverage in a developing oral health care system

Journal of Dental School, 2019
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between demand for and utilization of dental services by insurance coverage among adults in Iran. Methods A cross-sectional survey based on telephone interviews was done.
Fariborz Bayat, Alireza Akbarzadeh, Farshid Monajemi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage in the Gulf Coast and the Rest of the United States by rural and urban areas

Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2019
Introduction: This study examines the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on rural and urban health insurance coverage in the Gulf Coast region of the United States, which includes five states: Alabama (AL), Florida (FL), Mississippi (MS), Louisiana
Hosik Min, Kenneth Hudson
doaj   +1 more source