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Credibility and Crisis Stress Testing
International Journal of Financial Studies, 2014 Credibility is the bedrock of any crisis stress test. The use of stress tests to manage systemic risk was introduced by the U.S. authorities in 2009 in the form of the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program.
Li Lian Ong, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
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Finland’s public sector balance sheet
Baltic Journal of Economics, 2019 We construct comprehensive public sector balance sheets for Finland for 2000–2016 by complementing general government statistics with data on public corporations and pensions. These static balance sheets show that Finland’s public sector net worth at end
Maren Brede, Christian Henn
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The International Monetary Fund, Criticized. The International Monetary Fund Response to Critics
EIRP Proceedings, 2012 After more than half a century since the creation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this paperanalyzes the extent to which this institution fulfilled its mission. The IMF admits that, in general, failed in theactivities which it proposed, that is raising funds for countries with economic problems and their redistribution toensure long term ...
Irina-Elena Gentimir +1 more
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török +6 more
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Inflation and Public Debt Reversals in the G7 Countries
Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, 2017 This paper investigates the impact of low or high infl ation on the public debt-to-GDP ratio in the G-7 countries. Our simulations suggest that if infl ation were to fall to zero for fi ve years, the average net debt-to-GDP ratio would increase by ...
Bernardin Akitoby +2 more
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The multiplex nature of global financial contagions
Applied Network Science, 2020 As illustrated by the 2008 global financial crisis, the financial distress of one country can trigger financial distress in other countries. We examine the problem of identifying such “systemically important” countries (i.e., countries whose financial ...
R. Maria del Rio-Chanona +3 more
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Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques +2 more
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Monetary policy transparency and financial market forecasts in South Africa
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2008 The transparency of monetary policy in South Africa has increased substantially since the end of the 1990s. But little empirical work has been done to examine the economic benefits of the increased transparency.
Vivek Arora
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