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Universities Fostering Financially Healthy Competencies: Mitigating Domestic Bias for Optimal Decision‐Making

Bulletin of Economic Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the relationship between financial capability and domestic bias in investment decisions among economics and business students at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Financial capability is defined as the combination of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that enable individuals to make informed financial decisions and
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño, María‐Celia López‐Penabad, Leandro Benito‐Torres   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The geography of economic mobility in 19th‐century Canada

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses linked Census records from 1871 to 1901 to compute intergenerational mobility for Canadian regions and census divisions. The results reveal sharp differences in mobility over space: Ontario featured high relative and absolute mobility, Quebec low relative and absolute mobility and the Maritimes low absolute mobility.
Luiza Antonie, Kris Inwood, Chris Minns, Fraser Summerfield   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of unilateral cerebral palsy according to gestational age at birth: A retrospective study

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Unilateral cerebral palsy (CP) affects 826 children in the Canadian CP Registry: 69% born at term, 15% 32 to 37 weeks, and 16% less than 32 weeks. Gestational age at birth did not affect impairments such as vision or hearing impairment, ambulation, seizures, or feeding difficulty.
Johanie Victoria Piché, Nafisa Hussein, Adam Kirton, Darcy Fehlings, Maryam Oskoui, Michael Shevell, Mary Dunbar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing indigenous and scientific (Palin test) soil fertility assessment approaches for better soil health monitoring, management, and farm decision-making in Uganda

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This paper evaluated the accuracy of indigenous soil fertility assessment approaches commonly used by smallholder farmers in comparison to scientific soil testing to determine better performing indigenous approach for soil fertility assessment.
Sarah Elaete, John Ilukor, Rosemary Emegu Isoto, Alex Moruleng, Henry Nakelet Opolot   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinant Factors of Farmers’ Willingness to Start Agritourism in Rural Nepal

Open Agriculture, 2019
Agritourism in developing countries is regarded as a tool not only for rural development but also for poverty alleviation. However, up until now, the majority of the studies on agritourism have been conducted in economically strong countries, focusing on
Bhatta Kumar, Itagaki Keishiro, Ohe Yasuo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Networks paving the way: Apprenticeship, guilds, and access to mastership in early modern Genoa

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how kinship and professional networks shaped labour market outcomes in the guild‐based labour market of early modern Genoa. Using a newly constructed dataset of more than 8,000 apprenticeship contracts (1451–1530), I examine the extent to which family and guild connections influenced apprentices' chances of attaining ...
Alessandro Brioschi
wiley   +1 more source

CFO overconfidence, environmental violations, and firm performance. The moderating role of constituency statutes

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship between Chief Financial Officer (CFO) overconfidence and firm performance through the lens of environmental violations and constituency statutes. Drawing on stakeholder and upper echelons theories, we find that firms with overconfident CFOs are more likely to commit environmental violations, which ...
Panagiotis Andrikopoulos, Shee‐Yee Khoo, Patrycja Klusak, Yurtsev Uymaz, Huong Vu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Price and Non‐price Terms of Syndicated Loans to Technology Firms

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether US technology firms receive different price and nonprice terms in the syndicated loan market compared to nontechnology firms. The analysis reveals that technology borrowers face significantly less favorable terms, including 12 basis points higher loan spreads, approximately 5%$\%$ shorter maturities, and loan sizes ...
Weiting Hu, Eric K. M. Tan, Nadeesh Warusamanna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intersectional perspectives on gendered adaptation and social hierarchies in agricultural communities of the Indian Himalaya

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The Indian Himalayan states are among the most vulnerable regions to climate change experiencing declines in agricultural production, food security, and livelihood options.
Akshita Choudhary, Michelle Bonatti, Stefan Sieber, Deepali Tewari Pandey, P. K. Joshi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A multiple imputation method for incomplete correlated ordinal data using multivariate probit models

Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 2015
The multiple imputation technique has proven to be a useful tool in missing data analysis. We propose a Markov chain Monte Carlo method to conduct multiple imputation for incomplete correlated ordinal data using the multivariate probit model. We conduct a thorough simulation study to compare the performance of our proposed method with two available ...
Xiao Zhang, Quanlin Li, Karen Cropsey, Xiaowei Yang, Kui Zhang, Thomas R. Belin   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source