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The Impact of Credit and Training on Farmers Efficiency: A Semi‐Parametric Meta‐Frontier Analysis
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several constraints, which affect their productivity. To reduce these constraints and enhance productivity, government and non‐governmental agencies implement programmes that provide credit and training to farmers.
Anthony Baffoe‐Bonnie +1 more
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Effects of Fiscal Policy Uncertainty and Asymmetric Spillovers: Evidence From Korea
Pacific Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Uncertainty surrounding tax, expenditure and debt policy exerts an impact on the real economy. Motivated by this, our study investigates the effects of fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU) on macroeconomic and fiscal aggregates in Korea. Using a recently developed Korea FPU index, we show that while shocks to FPU lead to an increase in government ...
Dooyeon Cho, Yeonjin Song
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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The Old Regime (of Mutualisation) and the Revolution (of Big Data)
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In his classic work L'ancien régime et la révolution, Alexis de Tocqueville proposes a reinterpretation of the French Revolution: behind the spectacular ruptures associated with the event, profound continuities are at play. Beyond the specific case of the French Revolution, Tocqueville calls for vigilance in mobilizing the notion of revolution
Pierre Francois
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That's Not Fair! Navigating the Duality of Fairness in Insurance
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Insurance serves as a social good, providing financial protection against disasters whilst operating within a profit‐driven market. This dual role highlights the complex intersection of social and commercial interests, raising a fairness puzzle often portrayed as a trade‐off between solidarity and actuarial fairness.
Konstantinos Chalkias +3 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
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Does Proactivity Affect Insurance Solidarity and Individual Responsibility?
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past 20 years, the insurance industry has been experimenting with technological innovations that deeply affect its business model and social function. This article explores the use of digital technologies to monitor policyholders' behaviour and personalise their insurance coverage.
Alberto Cevolini, Elena Esposito
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the last several years, disaster insurance programs around the world have experienced disruptions that many observers interpret to be a primary symptom of “climate crisis” (Bittle 2024). Governments have responded to these disruptions through disjointed and at times contradictory measures: they treat disasters, alternately, as “Acts of God”
Stephen J. Collier
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Life Insurance-without "Premiums" [PDF]
Chemical & Engineering News Archive, 1949 openaire +1 more source