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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

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, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Goliaths and Davids among Swiss firms tell us about expected returns on Swiss asset markets

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2019
Motivated by recent US evidence, we evaluate the predictive power of changes in the weight of large firms in the aggregate stock market (“Goliath vs David” (GVD)) for Swiss stock market returns and bond market returns. Previous research suggests that the
David R. Haab, Thomas Nitschka
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of news-based equity market volatility on international stock markets

Journal of Applied Economics, 2020
This study examines the long run impacts of equity market volatility on index returns of nine major international stock exchanges in the Western and Asian regions.
Abdullah Alqahtani, Michael J. Wither, Zhankui Dong, Kimberly R. Goodwin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Out‐of‐Sample Predictability of Stock Market Returns* [PDF]

The Journal of Business, 2002
Some recent research shows that macro variables, despite their enormous in-sample predictive ability, do not forecast stock returns out of sample. Specifically, Brennan and Xia (2002) cast doubt on the forecasting power of the consumption-wealth ratio (cay) because it is negligible in out-of-sample tests.
openaire   +1 more source

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Did COVID-19 Disrupt the Stock Market Return and Volatility? A Meta-Analytic Approach

Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan
We provide a quantitative synthesis of the literature utilizing meta-regression analysis on the measurable effect of the combined health and economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic on stock market returns and volatility.
Masagus Ridhwan, Solikin M. Juhro, Affandi Ismail, Peter Nijkamp, Kelvin Hidayat   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Return and Volatility Spillovers Among Major Cotton Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores return and volatility transmission among major cotton markets. Several events have disrupted cotton supply and demand in recent years, leading to heightened price volatility and significant shifts in market interconnections.
Susmitha Kalli, Berna Karali, Yangxuan Liu, Munisamy Gopinath   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can economic news predict Taiwan stock market returns?

Asia Pacific Management Review, 2018
News reports have become an imperative conduit of public information. Several recent studies have used news data from public media to investigate the impact of news on stock market returns.
George Wu, Tony Chieh-Tse Hou, Jin-Lung Lin   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik, Franziska Mittag, Laura Hellstern, Sebastian Hess   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source