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Economic Benefits of Fungicide Use in Corn Production

Liu, Yangxuan; Langemeier, Michael; Wise, Kiersten - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

This study used experimental data from West Lafayette, Indiana to examine the economic benefits of applying fungicide to corn. The average improvements in yield, gross revenue, and net return (gross revenue minus fungicide and application cost) were 4 bushels per acre, $19 per acre, and -$9 per...

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Timing the Purchase of Livestock Risk Protection Insurance for Feeder Cattle

Griffith, Andrew P.; Lewis, Karen E.; Boyer, Christopher N. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

Livestock Risk Protection Insurance (LRP) is a risk management tool available to cattle producers protecting against price declines. It can be used to establish a price floor much like a put option. The primary difference between put options and LRP is LRP can be purchased for as few as one...

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Zarządzanie ryzykiem cenowym w rolnictwie w praktyce wybranych krajów na świecie

Stępień, Sebastian; Śmigla, Marta - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 12 (2012) 27

The processes of economic globalization and liberalization of international trade cause an exposure of the agricultural producers activities to increasing risk, including that related to price volatility. This requires development and implementation of a wider range of risk management...

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Understanding and managing zoonotic risk in the new livestock industries

Liverani, Marco; Waage, Jeff; Barnett, Tony; Pfeiffer, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Background: In many parts of the world, livestock production is undergoing a process of rapid intensification. The health implications of this development are uncertain. Intensification creates cheaper products, allowing more people to access animal-based foods. However, some practices...

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Risiken der Energiewende: Möglichkeiten der Risikosteuerung mithilfe eines Risk-Governance-Ansatzes

Renn, Ortwin; Dreyer, Marion - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 82 (2013) 3, pp. 29-44

Aktivitäten wie die technische-naturwissenschaftliche Risikoabschätzung, das Risikomanagement und die Risikokommunikation. Der … (technisch und gesellschaftlich), Risikoevaluation und Risikocharakterisierung, Risikomanagement sowie Risikokommunikation. Diese … ein erfolgreiches Risikomanagement der Energiewende. Darin eingebettet ist der Dialog mit der Öffentlichkeit, vor allem …

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What Influences Banks' Choice of Risk Management Tools?: Theory and Evidence

Bülbül, Dilek; Hakenes, Hendrik; Lambert, Claudia - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013

This paper investigates the factors influencing banks' decision to engage in advanced risk management, from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. In recent decades, credit risk management in banks has become highly sophisticated and banks have become more active and advanced in the...

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A simulation model for customer-supplier cooperation in the telecom supply chain

Mahmoudi, Jaouher; Lamothe, Jacques; Thierry, Caroline - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 9 (2007) 2, pp. 188-205

Telecom supply chains are subject to instabilities and uncertainties that make substantial the risks handled by the chain actors. This paper demonstrates that the exchange or sharing of reliable information improves both actors' and SC's performance. In particular, this paper presents a system...

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Granger Causality in Risk and Detection of Extreme Risk Spillover Between Financial Markets

Hong, Yongmiao; Liu, Yanhui; Wang, Shouyang - 2013

Controlling and monitoring extreme downside market risk is important for financial risk management and portfolio/investment diversification. In this paper, we introduce a new concept of Granger causality in risk and propose a class of kernel-based tests to detect extreme downside risk spillover...

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Indian Banking Sector: Pushing the Boundaries

C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2013

Asset quality of banks has come under increasing pressure with rising NPAs and Restructured loans. The Gross NPA ratio for the banking system, which was 2.4% in March 2011, increased to 3.6 per cent by September 2012. Having seen the challenges before the Indian banking system, what are our...

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Decisional Methods Applied in Insurance Area

Achim, Marian-Lucian - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 12 (2012) 2, pp. 5-13

Mathematical models applied in the insurance field, represent an ongoing concern for people that work in actuarial departments, serving this way fundamental informations to their managers when they have to adopt economic decisions. This work approaches a synthetic manner both mathematical models...

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