because of the risks associated with lending to farmers who lack traditional forms of collateral, they face price and yield … financial lending institutions to limit their credit risk exposure. This article determines whether geographic diversification … would be sufficient as a risk management tool for lending institutions to limit their credit risk. …

into the long run relationship between inter-annual variations in temperature and rainfall, and annual yields of the most … important staple food crops in Northern Ghana. Applying pooled panel data of rainfall, temperature and yields of the selected … seasonal, total rainfall and crop yields; and causality from rainfall to crop yields in the Sudano-Guinea Savannah and Guinea …

sown. Rainfall also has positive influence on the wheat yield but the time-related exogenous factors had only minor … less than unity, though the cross-price elasticities are more inelastic. Wheat yield is positively influenced by the area … influence on the yield. The results are discussed in view of providing guidance for the decision on the land use. The paper also …

the affiliates that the banking group has abroad, on bank’s risk, using Spanish confidential supervisory data. Having … multinational and decentralized banks. On the other hand, the international activity of banks may be associated to more risk taking … and the host economy on bank’s ex-post risk. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that geographic …

between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels … annual rainfall data. Our results show that households that are exposed to risk invest more in unproductive assets to avoid … the depletion of assets. We also consider the interaction between past weather-risk exposure and the actual realization of …

between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels … annual rainfall data. Our results show that households that are exposed to risk invest more in unproductive assets to avoid … the depletion of assets. We also consider the interaction between past weather-risk exposure and the actual realization of …