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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Fiscal Policies Affect Credit Rates: Probit Analysis of Three Main Credit Rating Agencies’ Sovereign Credit Notes

open access: yesTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2019
The aim of this study is to identify the relationship between fiscal policy and sovereign credit ratings within a comparative framework for the post-2000 period.
Eda Balikçioğlu, Hakki Hakan Yilmaz
doaj   +1 more source

A Critique on the Proposed Use of External Sovereign Credit Ratings in Basel II [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper deals with the proposed use of sovereign credit ratings in the "Basel Accord on Capital Adequacy" (Basel II) and considers its potential effect on emerging markets financ-ing.
Roman Kraeussl
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Cost‐Benefit Analysis of the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizer Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), launching 2026, will charge EU importers for embedded carbon emissions, aiming to reduce emissions but raising import costs. Shifts in demand following implementation may reduce carbon emissions, but importers will bear the cost of increased prices.
Natalie Crisci   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sales Management in Green Finance: Investment Efficiency and Business Innovation in Financial Institutions [PDF]

open access: yesRevista de Management Comparat International
This study explores the dynamics of sales management within the context of green finance, focusing on the efficiency of investments and the role of business innovation in advancing sustainability goals.
Mădălina Vrabie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rating the Rating Agencies [PDF]

open access: yes
In this study, we begin by assessing the ability of sovereign credit ratings to anticipate crises. In addition, given the wave of sovereign credit ratings downgrades that have followed the crises in Asia, we investigate formally the extent to which ...
Goldstein, Morris   +2 more
core   +1 more source

First-mover disadvantage: The sovereign ratings mousetrap. CEPS Working Document No 2020/02, February 2020 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Using 102 sovereigns rated by the three largest credit rating agencies (CRA), S&P, Moody’s and Fitch between January 2000 and January 2019, we are the first to document that the first mover CRA (S&P) in downgrades falls into a commercial trap.
Klusak, Patrycja   +2 more
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Surgical Outcomes and Recurrence Management in Borderline Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Implications for Multidisciplinary Strategies

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Multivariate analysis identified that up‐to‐7 out (p < 0.001), lymph node metastasis (p < 0.001), and non‐anatomical resection (p = 0.02) were independent predictors of cancer recurrence, while older age (p = 0.01), Child‐Pugh B (p < 0.001), up‐to‐7 out (p = 0.01), macrovascular invasion (p = 0.01), and lymph node metastasis (p < 0.001) were ...
Koichiro Haruki   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retinal Vessel Segmentation: A Comprehensive Review From Classical Methods to Deep Learning Advances (1982–2025)

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Four decades of retinal vessel segmentation research (1982–2025) are synthesized, spanning classical image processing, machine learning, and deep learning paradigms. A meta‐analysis of 428 studies establishes a unified taxonomy and highlights performance trends, generalization capabilities, and clinical relevance.
Avinash Bansal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting sovereign credit risk in Fiji: New evidence from high-frequency contingent claims analysis

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance
This study applies Contingent Claims Analysis (CCA), based on the Black-Scholes option pricing framework, to assess Fiji’s sovereign credit risk and generate forward-looking risk indicators.
Rajneel Narayan, Rup Singh
doaj   +1 more source

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