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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
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Comparing cost-sharing practices for pharmaceuticals and health care services among four central European countries [PDF]
, 2012 The paper reviews the existing cost-sharing practices in four Central European countries namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia focusing on patient co-payments for pharmaceuticals and services covered by the social health insurance.
Boncz, I. +7 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun +2 more
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Money, credit, banking, and payments system policy [PDF]
This article employs contract theory to analyze the evolution of the payments system. Insights gained are used subsequently to evaluate three prominent public payments system policies: monetary policy, central bank lending, and deposit insurance.Payment ...
Marvin Goodfriend
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Equity in healthcare financing: a case of Iran
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019 Background Fair financial contribution in healthcare financing is one of the main goals and challengeable subjects in the evaluation of world health system functions.
Faride Sadat Jalali +4 more
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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 +3 more
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Evaluation of risk management tools for stabilising farm income under CAP 2014-2020
Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales, 2017 Guaranteeing farm income stability is an objective of the European Union’s and the Spanish agricultural policies. In this paper, CAP direct payments, diversification, crop insurance and an Income Stabilisation Tool (IST) were compared considering (i ...
Alba Castañeda-Vera +1 more
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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 +2 more
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FROM SOCIAL POLICY TO TAX POLICY. RETURN TO THE PAST
Вестник университета, 2019 The article discusses changes made in the system of obligatory social insurance, the inclusion of obligatory social insurance payments to the Tax code of the Russian Federation, consolidation of the tax authorities control functions.
L. Kramarenko, A. Lukashevich
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A Two-Account Life Insurance Model for Scenario-Based Valuation Including Event Risk
Risks, 2015 Using a two-account model with event risk, we model life insurance contracts taking into account both guaranteed and non-guaranteed payments in participating life insurance as well as in unit-linked insurance.
Ninna Reitzel Jensen +1 more
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