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Corporate governance disclosure in a South African public pension fund
Acta CommerciiOrientation: The importance of corporate governance in a public pension fund. Research purpose: Determining the disclosure of corporate governance principles in a South African public pension fund.
Akwande Sithole, Melany Lotter
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Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
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The Archway Investment Fund, Annual Report 2016
, 2016 The Archway Investment Fund, led by Professor Asli Ascioglu, is a series of two classes, consisting of a semester focused on Securities Analysis, and a semester of Portfolio Management.
Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund
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Sustainable investment management in Canada
Capital Markets Law JournalAbstract Canadian law likely requires asset managers with discretion over client funds to consider the sustainability impacts of their investment decisions, but there is little to no case law elaborating on this obligation—perhaps due to procedural barriers to litigation in this field. Managers of publicly traded collective investment
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
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The Archway Investment Fund, Annual Report 2017
, 2017 The Archway Investment Fund, led by professor Asli Ascioglu, is a series of two classes, consisting of a semester focused on Securities Analysis, and a semester of Portfolio Management.
Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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Sustainable Investment Management in India
SSRN Electronic JournalAbstract While Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing has gained traction in India, concerns of greenwashing have also become important, thus giving rise to regulations attempting to tackle this. However, the interest in ESG investing seems to have dipped since 2021. This article will survey both the state of play and the
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang +4 more
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