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Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1345-1356, July 2026.The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha +3 more
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Firm size distortions under duopoly
Estudios de Economía, 2017 Motivated by the fact that some regulations involve extra costs for those firms at a size beyond a critical threshold, this paper contributes to the analysis of the welfare distortions due to these regulations.
Miguel González-Maestre +1 more
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People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1817-1831, June 2026.Abstract Global institutions are increasingly calling for an agroecological transition of our food systems to promote sustainable farmer livelihoods, safeguard agrobiodiversity and foster socio‐ecological resilience to a changing climate. Yet adoption remains limited, and there is a paucity of research examining how local conditions enable and ...
Gabriela Marie Garcia +5 more
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Vigencia de las ideas de Keynes en relación con la crisis financiera [PDF]
, 2017 Esta publicación proviene de una charla dictada por el autor en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Empresariales y Turismo de la Universidad de Alcalá el 4 de abril de 2017Este año se cumple una década desde el inicio de la crisis financiera actual ...
Torrero Mañas, Antonio
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People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1943-1956, June 2026.Abstract Remote sensing studies show that ephemeral forest regeneration is widespread in the tropics, limiting the climate and biodiversity benefits from net increases in forest cover. Socioeconomic, biophysical and landscape variables can help explain the spatial distribution of reforestation reversals.
Francis H. Joyce
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT The visit to Bogotá of a fééeneminaa (Muinane) friend, Célimo Nejedeka Jifichíu, and in particular, his work in researching and transmitting traditional health knowledge, offer the pretext to navigate the relationship between elements that at first glance seem distant from each other: indigenous imaginaries about otherness, their visions of ...
Giovanna Micarelli
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An Abstract Result on Projective Aggregation Functions
Axioms, 2018 A general characterization result of projective aggregation functions is shown, the proof of which makes use of the celebrated Arrow’s theorem, thus providing a link between aggregation functions theory and social choice theory.
Juan C. Candeal
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Political Cycles, Electricity Policy, and Mexico's Economy
Latin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Electricity reform in Mexico should stimulate economic growth, improve energy efficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This article evaluates the successes and failures of reform and draws lessons across political cycles by analyzing changes in political dynamics—often tied to policy reversals—and the legal framework during the pro ...
David Bonilla
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Government responses to oilfield discoveries: Impact of resource wealth on non-resource tax revenues
Journal of Government and EconomicsIt has often been argued that countries that produce natural resources mobilize less non-resource tax revenues than other countries. In this paper, we exploit the exogenous variation in the timing of giant oilfield discoveries to estimate the causal ...
Abraham Lartey
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People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1328-1348, May 2026.Abstract Ecoregions are often defined based on homogeneous biophysical and ecological conditions and are optimal spatial units for designing conservation strategies. However, transboundary ecoregions such as the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest (APAF) experience asymmetrical conservation outcomes, understood here as cross‐border differences, resulting from ...
Lía Montti +16 more
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