Agriculture is the backbone of our economy and its prosperity can largely be responsible for the well being of the entire economy. Farm finance has a place of pride in the agro-socio-economic development of the country both at micro and macro levels. Its catalystic role strengthens the farming...

We critically examine how evidence and knowledge are brokered between the various actors (agents) in regulatory decisions on risk. Following a précis of context and regulatory process, we explore the role power and personality might play as evidence is synthesised and used to inform risk...

Risk assessments often encounter extreme settings with very few or no occurrences in reality.Inferences about risk indicators in such settings face the problem of insufficient data.Extreme value theory is particularly well suited for handling this type of problems.This paper uses a multivariate...

Complex regulatory decisions about risk rely on the brokering of evidence between providers and recipients, and involve personality and power relationships that influence the confidence that recipients may place in the sufficiency of evidence and, therefore, the decision outcome. We explore...

While internationally, large-scale forestry projects have gained in importance for climate change mitigation, the implementation of such projects, particularly in regions with smallholder forestry like Southeast and East Asia, faces various obstacles. The organization of smallholders is one...

The past decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the demand for China’s wood products. However, a fast-growing demand for wood products and limited domestic timber resources has increased China’s dependence on imported wood. As a result, China has grown to be the most important player...

This paper employs a conditional quantile regression approach to examine the roles of family SES, early childhood life-events, unobserved heterogeneity and pure state dependence in explaining the distribution of depression among adolescents and young adults using data on the children of the US...

We examine the association between customer concentration and capital structure adjustment speed using a sample of listed firms in the U.S from 1977 to 2020. We find that the customer-concentrated firms have a lower speed of leverage adjustment. The decomposition of customer types identifies...