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Unveiling Corruption's Influence on Insider Trading: US Insights

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between state‐level political corruption and firm‐level insider trading in the United States. State corruption is proxied using Department of Justice court cases involving corrupt activities. The findings reveal a positive and statistically significant association between political corruption and insider ...
Ahmed Al‐Hadi, Baban Eulaiwi, Hidaya Al Lawati, Grantley Taylor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investment attractiveness in BRICS+ economies: Evaluating business environment reforms, institutional quality, and macroeconomic factors. [PDF]

PLoS One
Tachega MA, Wang J, Chen Y, Ahmed R, Opoku EO, Mintah C, Bart-Plange L.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Has Australia lost control of its tobacco and nicotine markets?

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Australia has adopted two policies that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends as best practice for tobacco control: it has steeply increased tobacco taxes since 2010 and only allowed access to nicotine vapes for medical use.
Ron Borland, James Martin, Edward Jegasothy, Ben Youdan, Wayne Hall   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate influence on food and nutrition policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: key determinants and policy directions. [PDF]

Global Health
Villalobos-Pérez A, Lara-Mejía V, Théodore FL, Tolentino-Mayo L.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The past decade has seen a marked shift as many previously liberal democratic states have backslidden, taking authoritarian turns. How should liberal actors respond to democratic backsliding by others? Although it might seem that it is vital for liberal actors to react robustly to avoid complicity or to maintain their liberal integrity, this ...
James Pattison
wiley   +1 more source

Theorising the politics of famine: Bangladesh in 1974. [PDF]

Disasters
Hossain N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate crisis and policy inaction in Indonesia

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We surveyed voters and politicians in advance of the 2024 Indonesian election to measure preferences for environmental policy. We find that politicians underestimate voter concerns. We conducted an informational experiment with politicians to correct these misperceptions, and we document evidence of learning but no greater support for policy ...
Allan Hsiao, Nicholas Kuipers
wiley   +1 more source

Economic resilience in Central Africa in the face of COVID-19: corruption, a hindrance or a key factor? [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Ngono AM, Ongo Nkoa BE, Depret MH, Asafor CE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn, Laura Paler, Wilson Prichard, Cyrus Samii, Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Health Achievements in Rwanda: A 21st Century Transformation. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
Julius N, John M, Emmanuel N.
europepmc   +1 more source