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... In this work, a highly sensitive immunochromatographic test strip (ITS) based on Scandium-Tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (TCPP) metal–organic framework nanocubes (ScTMNs) was developed for ultrasensitive and facile visual determination of imidacloprid (IDP). TCPP as the porphyrin-based planar ligand and Sc³⁺ as the metal center were applied to form the ScTMNs via coordination chelation. Givi ...
... This paper studies whether the raise in concentration experienced by the Spanish banking sector has lead to the increase of bank-specific credit shocks contribution to aggregate credit. We decompose aggregate credit volatility and find that (i) the Spanish banking sector is granular, (ii) the direct effect of bank-specific shocks accounts for the overwhelming majority of the variation in aggregate ...
... With over 5,000 credit unions and 127 million members, U.S. credit unions are the largest network of financial cooperatives in the world. To what extent do U.S. credit unions follow cooperative principles, reflect the cooperative identity, and distinguish themselves from other financial institutions? As credit unions grow and diversify their membership, many argue that credit unions will lose thei ...
... This article explores the trajectory of three rural, precarious Cambodian women as they deploy land as a means of undertaking survival work in Cambodia. Using a gendered lens vis‐à‐vis the concept of autonomy, this article rethinks distress sales of land and collateralized land for microfinance borrowing as forms of everyday autonomy. By highlighting women's central role in undertaking social repr ...
... Unsecured borrowing plays an important role for consumers in smoothing consumption. Each year , almost 40 using a high-cost payday loan. This paper aims to explore the similarities and differences between both types of borrowers. Using the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) from 2010 to 2019, I document that: (1) credit card borrowers are middle-aged, upper-middle-class, with some college exposure, ...
... Capacity mechanisms are now deemed a regulatory mainstay in liberalised power system decarbonisation. These instruments aim to ensure sufficient resource adequacy with a mix able to meet the reliability target set by the regulator. Remuneration in capacity mechanisms depends on so-called firm supply (calculated from de-rating factors or capacity credits), taken as a proxy for each resource’s expec ...
credit, etc ; agricultural finance; food security; Kenya; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The recent proliferation of mobile phones in rural Africa has also led to increased interest in mobile financial services (MFS), such as mobile money and mobile banking. Such services are often portrayed as promising tools to improve agricultural finance, especially among smallholders who are typically underserved by traditional banks. However, empirical evidence on the actual use of MFS for agric ...
credit, etc ; ecological economics; economic development; China; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Although green growth has become the economic development strategy of many countries in the world, and studies have analyzed the influencing factors of green growth from multiple angles, there are few literatures devoted to the impact of fintech and green finance on green growth. From the perspective of fintech development, this paper tries to construct a comprehensive index to evaluate the green ...
credit, etc ; agriculture; bankruptcy; models; prediction; risk; Serbia; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The purpose of this paper is to examine different methods of creditworthiness assessment and bankruptcy prediction in the case of agricultural and food companies in Vojvodina, Serbia. The analysis performed was based on the 2015–2019 financial reports of micro-sized, small-sized and medium-sized agricultural and food companies considered. A total of two models were applied in this study: the Altma ...
credit, etc ; compliance; exports; intensive farming; irrigation; Mozambique; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This paper explores the role of contract farming arrangements in agricultural intensification in sub‐Saharan Africa, combining secondary literature and original case material from Mozambique. The paper extends the scope of “contract farming” beyond the formal contracts between large companies and small‐scale producers to include less formal credit agreements between farmers and traders. It argues ...
credit, etc ; issues and policy; sustainable technology; China; Show all 4 Subjects
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... In this paper, we explore the effects of China's green credit policy on highly polluting enterprises' green radical and incremental innovations. Utilizing the data of China's listed firms from 2007 to 2019, the empirical results show that green credit policy improves the overall and incremental green innovations but impedes the radical green innovation of highly polluting enterprises. Local govern ...
credit, etc ; hydrology; lakes; social networks; watersheds; Iran; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This study aimed to analyse, using the social network analysis approach, the institutional organizations active in the restoration of Lake Urmia regarding the issues related to credit and management in the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan. Forty relevant institutional organizations were identified and their communications and interactions were analysed using expert and key informat ...
agricultural credit, etc ; agricultural industry; infrastructure; models; Indonesia; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The agricultural sector is strategic and the third-largest contributor to the GRDP of West Java Province, but its growth has slowed during the 2016–2019 period. The slow growth rate can be caused by the determinants of the growth of the agricultural sector itself and is very likely to be affected by the spatial interaction between regions in the province. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the ...
credit, etc ; ecosystem services; ecosystems; research; water; wetlands; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Many nations are taking measures to address the negative impacts of development projects in order to achieve the goal of No Net Loss (NNL) of ecosystem services. It still faces the most fundamental and critical problem— the unified accounting of ecosystem service. To address this problem, we conducted an emergy-based ecosystem service assessment to tackle the challenges and obstacles of current ac ...
credit, etc ; ecosystems; environment; environmental sustainability; humans; stakeholders; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Absolute environmental sustainability (AES) metrics include nature's carrying capacity as a reference to provide insight into the extent to which human activities exceed ecosystem limits, and to encourage actions toward restoration and protection of nature. Existing methods for determining AES metrics rely on the frameworks of Planetary boundaries (PB) and Ecosystem Services. This work provides ne ...
... Technical dairy innovations (TDI), such as improved cow feeding, health management and genetic improvement, could boost milk production. At the same time, organisational and institutional dairy innovations (OIDI), including group milk sales, feed and credit access, could boost dairy supply chain efficiency. This study examined the TDI adoption determinants and the OIDI adoption intensity. Data wer ...
credit, etc ; geometry; issues and policy; models; prices; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... China’s Dual-Credit Policy (DCP) establishes a credit trading mechanism to promote automakers’ fuel efficiency and electrification investments. However, variations in credit prices are widely recognized as major constraints. This study develops a net present value (NPV) model and applies dynamic programming (DP) to investigate automakers’ optimal time for investing in electrification under the DCP ...
credit, etc ; employment; fraud; small and medium enterprises; China; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a very important role in national production, and provide more than 60% of the employment opportunities for the society. The benign development of small and medium-sized enterprises determines the sustainability of economic operation. In recent years, small and medium-sized enterprises have faced increasing operational pressure. Due to scale limitatio ...
credit, etc ; family farms; models; regression analysis; surveys; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This paper investigates the effects of current rural financial credit on the operating performance of family farms and the effects of these differences in China. Using the survey data of two national family farm demonstration bases of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, and Langxi County, Anhui Province, in 2016, a three-stage data envelopment analysis model is applied to quantitatively measure the family ...
credit, etc ; computer software; hydrolysis; models; problem solving; Indonesia; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This research aimed to employ stacking and racking analysis techniques in the Rasch model to measure the hydrolysis conceptual changes of students taught by the process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) model in the context of socio-scientific issues (SSI) with the pretest-posttest control group design. Such techniques were based on a person- and item-centered statistic to determine how stu ...