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| How Australian Farmers Deal with Risk |
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submitted by oyb119 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture |
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In Australia broadacre crops can be insured against hail and fire damage and some other perils but not against losses caused by drought, flood or frost. In this paper the private provision of crop insurance is investigated in Western Australia. - A farm survey was conducted with the cooperation o...
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| Policy Rationing in Rural Credit Markets |
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submitted by oyb119 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture |
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This paper presents a discussion on the idea of "Policy Rationing". Policy rationing refers to constraining impacts on farm credit through policy action or inaction. To present the ideas I discuss ten themes in policy rationing ranging from macro-finance policies to smart lending and financial in...
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| Livestock Mortality Insurance: Development and Challenges |
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submitted by oyb119 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture |
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The purpose of this research is examine the development of livestock mortality insurance, and associated challenges, in order to provide an improved understanding regarding the operation of livestock mortality insurance. - In a many countries, livestock mortality insurance has been either unavail...
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| Can flexible microfinance loans improve credit access for farmers? |
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submitted by oyb119 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture |
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Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Madagascar, this paper investigates how credit access probabilities and loan volume rationing magnitudes for farmers change if the MFI switches to offer flexible microfinance loans, which can account for agricultural product...
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| Derivatives as Risk Management and Performance of Agricultural Banks |
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submitted by oyb119 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture |
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The purpose of this research is to estimate the impact of financial derivatives on profitability in agricultural banks. Agricultural banks are new to the derivatives market and are unlikely to use financial derivatives for risk speculation. Thus, we also provide evidence on the effectiveness of f...
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| Optimal Reinsurance Analysis from a Crop Insurer's Perspective |
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submitted by oyb119 29 minutes ago - Topic: Agriculture |
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The primary objective of this paper is to analyze the optimal reinsurance contract structure from the crop insurer's perspective. - A very powerful and flexible empirical-based reinsurance model is used to analyze the optimal form of the reinsurance treaty. The reinsurance model is calibrated to ...
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| Clinically important variants of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
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submitted by vejoykamor 32 minutes ago - Topic: Health |
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It has become clear that diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is not a uniform antibody. Several recognizable variants have clinically distinct features and, frequently, require specific treatment approaches. Recognition of these variants and utilization of the appropriate treatments will improve the ou...
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