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ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Political Risks to China’s Energy Infrastructure Investment in Countries along the Belt and Road
Energy infrastructure connectivity is a key implementation area for the success of the Belt and Road Initiative. In the current complex international environment, China’s energy infrastructure investment in the countries along the Belt and Road is often ...
Fang Yang, Qinfan Gan, Liqiao Guo
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An Assessment of the Association between Political Orientation and Financial Risk Tolerance
The purpose of this paper is to present findings from research that was undertaken to answer the following questions. First, to what extent is political orientation associated with financial risk tolerance, and second, to what degree is political ...
Grable, John E. +5 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of geographical indication (GI) certification on the export performance of Turkish agri‐food products by analyzing both trade volume and unit value dynamics. Drawing on monthly data from 2000 to 2024 across 22 GI‐certified products, the research employs product‐level regressions, fixed‐effects panel models ...
Ihlas Sovbetov, Muge Burcu Ozdemir
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley +4 more
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Although awareness of risk (for both the head of state and the state itself) is an all-pervasive feature in Machiavelli’s works, the ethico-political chapters XV-XVIII in The Prince are particularly useful to highlight this specific argumentative ...
Jean-Jacques Marchand
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SYNTHETIC ANALYSIS OF CREDIT RISK - PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT [PDF]
The uncertainty of the economic and social environment in which a company operates represents the essentialfeature from which are discharged all types of hazards.
LĂPĂDUSI MIHAELA LOREDANA
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The Political Economy of Risk and Ideology [PDF]
This paper argues for the central role of risk aversion in shaping political ideology. We develop a political economy model, which makes explicit the link between risk aversion, the labor market, government policy, and ideology. Our model distinguishes the effects of risk aversion from unemployment risk and our evidence sheds light on debates over ...
Dimick, Matthew, Stegmueller, Daniel
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ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
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The institutionalisation of political risk assessment (IPRA) in Jordanian international firms
This paper investigates the determinants of the institutionalisation of political risk assessment (IPRA) within publicly traded international firms in Jordan.
Al Khattab, Adel +7 more
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