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LOSS INSURANCE MODEL OF RISK FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY BASED ON MAXIMUM DAILY RAINFALL INDEX CONSIDERATION

Barekeng
Agricultural commodities in rainfed areas face significant risks of yield loss and crop failure due to uncertain rainfall patterns and intensities. Index-based crop insurance has been introduced as an adaptive strategy to simplify loss assessment using ...
Siti Umamah Naili Muna, I Gusti Putu Purnaba, Berlian Setiawaty   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Actuarial Modeling of COVID-19 Insurance

Cauchy: Jurnal Matematika Murni dan Aplikasi, 2022
In this article, we provide an actuarial model expected to be able to help financial arrangements to cover losses due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Mila Kurniawaty, Maulana Muhamad Arifin, Bagus Kurniawan, Sadam Laksamana Sukarno, Muhammad Teguh Prayoga   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repeated Disuse Atrophy Imprints a Molecular Memory in Skeletal Muscle: Transcriptional Resilience in Young Adults and Susceptibility in Aged Muscle

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Repeated disuse imprints a molecular memory in skeletal muscle, conferring transcriptional resilience in young adults but exaggerated susceptibility in aged muscle, driven by epigenetic regulation of aerobic metabolism, mitochondrial and NAD+ pathways.
Daniel C. Turner, Truls Raastad, Max Ullrich, Stian F. Christiansen, Hazel Sutherland, James Boot, Eva Wozniak, Charles Mein, Emilie Dalbram, Jonas T. Treebak, Daniel J. Owens, David C. Hughes, Sue C. Bodine, Jonathan C. Jarvis, Adam P. Sharples   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

UNRAVELING THE SKILL PREMIUM [PDF]

Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2015
For the United States, the supply and wages of skilled labor relative to those of unskilled labor have grown over the postwar period. The literature has tended to explain this through “skill-biased technical change” (SBTC). Empirical work has concentrated around two variants: (1) capital-skill complementarity, (2) skill-augmenting technical change. Our
McAdam, Peter, Willman, Alpo
openaire   +3 more sources

Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The puzzle of dual class stock in Russia - explaining the price differential between common and preferred shares [PDF]

, 2004
This paper attempts to explain a large premium paid on common (voting) shares relative to preferred (non-voting) shares in the Russian stock market.
Muravyev, Alexander
core  

Pricing Liquidity Risk with Heterogeneous Investment Horizons [PDF]

, 2020
We develop an asset pricing model with stochastic transaction costs and investors with heterogeneous horizons. Depending on their horizon, investors hold different sets of assets in equilibrium.
Beber, A., Driessen, J., Neuberger, A., Tuijp, P.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source