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ON THE ISSUE OF BROADENING THE LIMITS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION EXPERTISE CARRIED OUT BY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE BODIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2012
The article views the issues of broadening the object and subject of anti-corruption expertise of normative legal acts and their drafts carried out by the prosecutor’s office bodies.
D. A. Dmitriyev
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People won, now what? The role of civil society organizations in anti-corruption and judicial reform in post-uprising Armenia (2018–2025)

Frontiers in Political Science
In 2018, a mass uprising, known as the Velvet Revolution, ousted an unpopular semi-authoritarian government in Armenia. The new government vowed rapid democratization through ambitious reforms.
Yevgenya Jenny Paturyan, Liana Simonyan, Gor Papikyan   +2 more
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Left Wanting and Left Unheard: A Dual Grievance Model of Populism Across Six European Countries

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study tests a dual grievance model of populism by examining whether relative deprivation and external political inefficacy are linked to two core dimensions of populist beliefs (people sovereignty and anti‐elitism) via aversive political emotions (anger, sadness and fear) and institutional distrust across six European countries (N = 5487).
Anna Cortijos‐Bernabeu, Matteo Cavallaro, Christian Staerklé   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence in preclinical epilepsy research: Current state, potential, and challenges

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Preclinical translational epilepsy research uses animal models to better understand the mechanisms underlying epilepsy and its comorbidities, as well as to analyze and develop potential treatments that may mitigate this neurological disorder and its associated conditions. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool across
Jesús Servando Medel‐Matus, Cesar Santana‐Gomez, Ruby G. Escalante, Dominique Duncan, Pedro F. Viana, Giulia Sofia Cereda, Naoto Kuroda, Aristea S. Galanopoulou   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Public Management – Public Policy for Institutional Reforms

Acta Economica et Turistica, 2021
The New Public Management model contains public policies for market-driven institutional reforms. Countries that applied this model are generally among the TOP 20 in global rankings concerning human development, human freedom, economic freedom, ease of ...
Daniel Hinšt
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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of the 2016 EU Audit Reforms, Oversight, and Corruption on Earnings Management: Evidence From European Banks Using a Dynamic Panel Approach

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates earnings management in European banks in the context of the 2016 EU audit directive. Using a dynamic panel of 134 banks over 2012–2023, we apply two‐step System‐GMM estimators with three profitability measures—Earnings Before Provisions and Taxes (EBPT), Return on Assets (ROA), and Return on Equity (ROE).
Maria Christofidou, Epameinondas Katsikas, Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Konstantinos Spanos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Education as a Common Possession

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on Will Kymlicka's account of solidarity and membership through the lens of conflict over public schooling in San Francisco. It contrasts a Marshallian vision of society as a shared possession capable of sustaining democratic solidarity and welfare institutions with an anti‐Marshallian politics that sees the language of ...
Margaret Kohn
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Whistleblowing from an International Perspective: A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Arrangements

Administrative Sciences, 2018
While there appears to be consensus amongst policy makers that legislation to protect whistleblowers is needed, the emerging policy question addresses what institutional framework is most fit to implement whistleblowing legislation.
Kim Loyens, Wim Vandekerckhove
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Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
wiley   +1 more source