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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

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
wiley   +1 more source

A diagnostic framework for assessing public investment management [PDF]

This paper provides a pragmatic and objective diagnostic approach to the assessment of public investment management systems for governments. Since weaknesses in public investment management can negate the core argument that additional fiscal space ...
Brumby, Jim, Rajaram, Anand, Biletska, Nataliya, Le, Tuan Minh   +3 more
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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Irrigation investment trends in Sri Lanka: new construction and beyond

Investment, Water management, Rehabilitation, Rice, Crop Production/Industries, Farm Management,
Aluwihare, P.B., Kikuchi, Masao
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The Archway Investment Fund, Annual Report 2019

, 2019
The Archway Investment Fund is tightly integrated into the Finance Department curriculum, and it serves as a capstone experiential learning opportunity for students interested in investment careers. The equity portfolio is managed as part of a two-course
Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund
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Why and how is private equity involved in assisted living community development and operations? [PDF]

Health Aff Sch
Carder P, Dys S, Kohon JN, Bowblis JR, Singh Y, Huang SS, Bunker JN, Smith L, Rahman M, Thomas KS.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Valuation effects of U.S. monetary policy tightening: The roles of foreign exposure. [PDF]

PLoS One
Fang X, Peng X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Shifting versus Risk Management: Investment Policy in Corporate Pension Plans [PDF]

The asset allocation of defined benefit pension plans is a setting where both risk shifting and risk management incentives are likely be present. Empirically, firms with poorly funded pension plans and weak credit ratings allocate a greater share of ...
Joshua Rauh
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