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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Democratization’s Risk Premium: Partisan and Opportunistic Political Business Cycle Effects on Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries [PDF]
, 2003 We use partisan and opportunistic political business cycle (“PBC”) considerations to develop a framework for explaining election-period decisions by credit rating agencies (“agencies”) publishing developing country sovereign risk-ratings (“ratings”).
Burkhard N. Schrage +2 more
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Shadow Sovereign Ratings [PDF]
Sovereign ratings are a necessary condition for countries to fully access international capital. Even if the sovereign government is not issuing bonds, the sovereign rating often acts as a ceiling for the private sector and can influence its ...
Canuto, Otaviano +2 more
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Differences of opinion in sovereign credit signals during the European crisis [PDF]
, 2016 Motivated by the European debt crisis and the new EU regulatory regime for the credit rating industry, we analyse differences of opinion in sovereign credit signals and their influence on European stock markets.
Alsakka, Rasha +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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The effects of ratings-contingent regulation on international bank lending behaviour: Evidence from the Basel 2 Accord [PDF]
, 2014 We investigate the effects of credit ratings-contingent financial regulation on foreign bank lending behavior. We examine the sensitivity of international bank flows to debtor countries’ sovereign credit rating changes before and after the implementation
Eliza Wu, Iftekhar Hasan, Suk-Joong Kim
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Novel Approaches on Sovereign Credit Ratings
European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2018 Credit ratings that are transparent, impartial and reliable as well as being up to date, quickly and easily calculated will provide convenience to investors and countries. In this study, sovereign credit rating methodologies of CRAs and studies in relevant literature are examined in detail, and two dynamic methods are proposed.
Nisa Özge Önal +1 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Sovereign credit ratings [PDF]
This paper describes sovereign credit ratings in emerging markets both for a specific year and over time, using quantitative explanatory variables. It turns out that rating adjustments have been worse than what economic fundamentals justify for some ...
Eliasson, Ann-Charlotte
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