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Testing for speculative bubbles in agricultural commodity prices: a regime switching approach

Liu, Xiaoliang; Filler, Guenther; Odening, Martin - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 1, pp. 179-200

Purpose – The authors' paper aims to deal with the question whether speculative bubbles are present in agricultural commodity prices. Design/methodology/approach – The authors apply a regime switching regression model to test the hypothesis that agricultural prices contain periodically...

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Application of credit risk models to agricultural lending

Zech, Lyubov; Pederson, Glenn - In: Agricultural Finance Review 64 (2004) 2, pp. 91-106

A credit risk model suitable for agricultural lenders is identified. The model incorporates sector correlations and is applied to the loan portfolio of an agricultural credit association to create a distribution of loan losses. The distribution is used to derive the lender’s expected and...

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Agricultural risks and risk management in the current context of Chinese economy

Holly Wang, H. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 2, pp. 245-254

government policies on agriculture, and the role of agricultural risks and risk management against this background. Design …; next, risks and risk management topics are introduced and controversial issues in agriculture are discussed. Relevant … with the income rise. Increased labor cost may transform Chinese agriculture from the traditional labor intensive field …

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Non-performance of financial contracts in agricultural lending

Savitha, Basri; Kumar K., Naveen - In: Agricultural Finance Review 76 (2016) 3, pp. 362-377

Purpose Evaluating a portfolio of agricultural loans has become an important issue in recent years primarily due to a large number of loan defaults. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors influencing credit repayment behavior of farmers in Karnataka. Design/methodology/approach...

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Multiple vs single lending relationships in the agricultural sector

E. Brewer, Brady; A. Wilson, Christine; M. … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 74 (2014) 1, pp. 55-68

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of single vs multiple lenders by Kansas farms. Previous studies suggest that as the risk level of the firm changes, borrowers desire to enhance the probability of obtaining credit at the lowest possible cost may cause them to use...

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On the relationship between financial and non-financial factors

Purves, Nigel; Niblock, Scott James; Sloan, Keith - In: Agricultural Finance Review 75 (2015) 2, pp. 282-300

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship of non-financial and financial factors to firm survival, provide evidence of factors related to financial success and distress for prominent Australian agricultural firms, and improve the predictive capacity of financial...

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Current trends in cooperative finance

Briggeman, Brian C.; Jacobs, Keri L.; Kenkel, Phil; … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 76 (2016) 3, pp. 402-410

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the recent financial trends affecting grain and farm supply cooperatives. Design/methodology/approach Review of and descriptive analysis of current cooperative finance topics. Findings In recent years three important trends have become apparent...

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Adoption of labor-enhancing technologies by specialty crop producers

Gallardo, R. Karina; Brady, Michael P. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 75 (2015) 4, pp. 514-532

specialty crop agriculture, results could be applicable to the entire industry. …

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Diversifying systemic risk in agriculture

Feng, Xiaoguang; Hayes, Dermot - In: Agricultural Finance Review 76 (2016) 4, pp. 512-531

Purpose Portfolio risk in crop insurance due to the systemic nature of crop yield losses has inhibited the development of private crop insurance markets. Government subsidy or reinsurance has therefore been used to support crop insurance programs. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the...

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Geographical diversification in wheat farming: a copula-based CVaR framework

Larsen, Ryan; Leatham, David; Sukcharoen, Kunlapath - In: Agricultural Finance Review 75 (2015) 3, pp. 368-384

diversification strategy in agriculture. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes …

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