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financing for agriculture and preserve farmers' incomes by minimizing the risk of decapitalization in case of drought. After …
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The aim of this paper is to summarise a variety of dimensions of agricultural risk in Argentina and to propose … different lines of research related to an integrated risk management framework at the macro and micro levels. First, we analyse … some financial innovations that reduce climate and price risk exposure, such as weather derivatives and index …
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The factors affecting the demand for agricultural insurance in the US have been extensively studied over the last two decades. However, the determinants of a farm’s entry and exit decisions in the insurance market have received relatively little attention. Turnover in the insurance book of...
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The goal of this paper is to adapt achievements of modern management and suggest approach for strategic management of farms in Bulgaria. Firstly, the content and elements of strategic management are presented. Next, questions associated with strategic planning, strategies implementation, and...
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This paper assesses impacts of EU CAP implementation on Bulgarian farms of different type and specialization. First, a framework for assessing the CAP effects on farms is presented. Next, an evaluation is made of the impacts of CAP on: economic results and income of farms; production and...
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This paper suggests a holistic framework for assessing farm competitiveness, and analyses competitiveness of different type of Bulgarian farms during EU CAP implementation. First, it presents a new approach for assessing farm competitiveness defining farm competitiveness and its three criteria...
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Under customary land tenure systems in Ghana, lands obtained via matrilineal bonds exhibit a low inclination to invest …-provided lands hold back investment incentives. However, empirical findings did not support the explanations based on the risk of … investment risk must lie behind the low investment in customary lands. …
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This paper presents an empirical examination of firm characteristic determinants of the capital structure of a sample of 299 Irish small and medium sized firms (SMEs). Hypotheses formulated from pecking order and agency theories incorporating a financial growth life cycle approach are tested on...
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This paper provides evidence for a particular channel through which sustained terrorism in rural areas may affect growth in developing countries. Using micro-level data from agricultural surveys during the period of insurgency in Punjab (India), I find significant negative effects of terrorism...
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consumption for Ghana, for the period 1971-2011, by employing annual time series secondary data from World Bank database (World …
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