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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Credit and Debt Traps: Behavioral and Socio-Cultural Drivers of FinTech Indebtedness in Indonesia

open access: yesFinTech
FinTech-based lending has rapidly expanded in emerging economies, offering convenience and inclusion but also raising concerns about over-indebtedness.
Ari Warokka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fair lending needs explainable models for responsible recommendation

open access: yesCoRR, 2018
The financial services industry has unique explainability and fairness challenges arising from compliance and ethical considerations in credit decisioning. These challenges complicate the use of model machine learning and artificial intelligence methods in business decision processes.
openaire   +2 more sources

Supervision of the Responsible Lending Regimes: Theory, Evidence, Analysis and Reforms

open access: yes, 2017
National responsible lending regimes have operated in Australia since 2009, with the stated aims to encourage prudent lending, curtail undesirable market practices, and impose sanctions for irresponsible lending and leasing. This article outlines a study
North, Gill, Wilson, Therese
core  

Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer over-indebtedness: mapping the knowledge domain through bibliometrics

open access: yesCogent Business & Management
This study conducted a bibliometric analysis and literature review of consumer over-indebtedness based on research published until May 2024. The research utilised 266 publications downloaded from the Scopus database for the period 1990 to 2024.
Lungile Ntsalaze, Tamisai Chipunza
doaj   +1 more source

What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religious and Ethical Dimensions of Trust in AI-Enabled Digital Lending Platforms: A Qualitative Study in Emerging Markets

open access: yesWah Academia Journal of Global Religions
AI-enabled digital lending can expand credit access for small businesses excluded by traditional banks, yet adoption depends on whether owners view opaque platforms as competent, fair, ethically responsible, and consistent with religiously informed ...
Zhao Jingong   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tocqueville, a Providência e a História

open access: yesDados: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 1997
The article contends that for Tocqueville the notion of Providence was an important tool in dealing with problems he encountered both in explaining the emergence of democratic equality as a universal phenomenon and in defining possible lines of action ...
Marcelo Gantus Jasmin
doaj   +1 more source

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