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ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between participation in the EU Rural Development Program and the economic performance of Italian olive farms using a finite‐mixture model with inverse‐probability‐weighted regression adjustment. Based on 2010–2022 FADN panel data, it estimates heterogeneous treatment effects while correcting for selection ...
Francesco Caracciolo, Marilena Furno
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Screening in New Credit Markets: Can Individual Lenders Infer Borrower Creditworthiness in Peer-to-Peer Lending? [PDF]
The current banking crisis highlights the challenges faced in the traditional lending model, particularly in terms of screening smaller borrowers. The recent growth in online peer-to-peer lending marketplaces offers opportunities to examine different ...
Shue, Kelly +3 more
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A Survey of Peer-to-Peer Architectures for Service Oriented Computing [PDF]
Peer-to-peer file sharing has become popular for many kinds of resource location and distribution applications including file sharing, distributed computation, multi-media messaging and content distribution.
Walkerdine, J., Hughes, D., Coulson, G.
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ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð +3 more
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Measuring Fintech’s Health: Cash Management and Risk on Firm Performance
The development of financial institutions is in line with the massive development of the internet and technology, so the growth of fintech financial institutions is currently still an interesting topic to discuss.
Mychelia Champaca
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Credit risk prediction in an imbalanced social lending environment
Credit risk prediction is an effective way of evaluating whether a potential borrower will repay a loan, particularly in peer-to-peer lending where class imbalance problems are prevalent.
Anahita Namvar +3 more
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Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn +5 more
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Moral Hazard and Peer Monitoring in a Laboratory Microfinance Experiment [PDF]
Most problems with formal sector credit lending to the poor in developing countries can be attributed to the lack of information and inadequate collateral. One common feature of successful credit mechanisms is group-lending, where the loan is advanced to
Lata Gangadharan +2 more
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Lend to a friend, lose a friend? Guilt, shame, and the emotional costs of informal borrowing
Background: Informal borrowing from friends and acquaintances is a common financial practice in contexts where formal credit is limited, yet it carries significant emotional and relational implications.
Mwirigi Douglas +2 more
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