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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of Term Life Insurance Premiums with Varying Interest Rates Following The CIR Model and Varying Benefits Value

Cauchy: Jurnal Matematika Murni dan Aplikasi, 2023
Term life insurance is an insurance that provides protection for a certain period that has been agreed upon in the policy. The policy is an agreement that contains the participant's obligation to pay premiums contributions to the insurance company and ...
Dian Puspita, I Gusti Putu Purnaba, Donny Citra Lesmana   +2 more
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Paying a Premium on Your Premium? Consolidation in the US Health Insurance Industry [PDF]

American Economic Review, 2012
We examine whether and to what extent consolidation in the US health insurance industry has contributed to higher employer-sponsored insurance premiums. We exploit the differential impact across local markets of a national merger of two insurers to identify the causal effect of concentration on premiums.
Dafny, Leemore, Duggan, Mark, Ramanarayanan, Subramaniam   +2 more
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How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the insurance of swimming crab temperature and salinity index insurance based on Copula function.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Under climate change, the sea surface temperature and salinity change greatly, which poses a considerable threat to sustainable food security. Sea surface temperature and salinity (SST/SSS) are selected to examine the annual output of swimming crab in 24
Xiaofang Shi, Mingjie Zhao, Yu Xu, Yanjuan Wu, Xiaolin Sun, Ke Jin, Bo Qiu, Chao Gao   +7 more
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Crop insurance and irrigation behavior: The conditional role of pumping costs

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Excessive water use for irrigation can accelerate the depletion of water resources, undermining agriculture's resilience to weather‐related shocks. Understanding how farmers make water use decisions is essential for developing effective water management policies.
Sungmin Cheu, Molly Sears
wiley   +1 more source

On the optimality of the deposit insurance premium

International Review of Economics & Finance
This paper proposes a methodology for determining the optimal insurance premium on bank deposits charged by a deposit insurer. To this end, we define a simple economy comprising a representative consumer/lender, a firm/borrower, a financial intermediary (
Wilfredo L. Maldonado, Wesley Augusto de Freitas Borges, Rodrigo De-Losso   +2 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting the insurance sector development: Evidence from Albania

Romanian Economic Journal, 2014
In this paper we explore factors potentially affecting the size of Albanian insurance market, over the period 1999 to 2009. The results of co- integration regression show that GDP and fraction urban population, both one lagged value, size of population ...
Eglantina Zyka , Elena Myftaraj (Tomori)
doaj  

Comparative Analysis of Endowment Life Insurance Premium Reserves Using the Canadian Method Based on the 2019 TMI and Gompertz’s Law

International Journal of Business, Economics, and Social Development
Life uncertainty, particularly mortality risk, creates the need for financial protection through life insurance. Endowment life insurance is a product that provides both death benefits and survival benefits at the end of the coverage period; therefore ...
Irene Araminta Febry, Riaman, Sukono
doaj   +1 more source