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Abstract This article investigates the transformation of Canary Wharf into a banking and finance district in the 1980s and 1990s as a global event and part of the broader efforts to overcome the profitability crisis of British capitalism. The account illustrates the ways in which elevating the political economy of place over that of the national ...
NEGAR MANSOURI
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When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
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Abstract Government orchestration describes regulatory settings in which governments delegate some governance functions to private actors; for instance, business conduct is monitored by stakeholders under CSR disclosure regulation. This article examines the impact of this type of regulation on stakeholder monitoring, which is a core yet little‐examined
Julia Bartosch +2 more
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The Power of State Capitalism: Political Regime Shifts and Divergent Outcomes in SOE Performance
Abstract The extent to which governments should intervene in state‐owned enterprises (SOEs), and the consequences of such intervention for firm performance, remain subjects of ongoing scholarly debate. Building on competing perspectives that view the state as either a strategist or a liability, we argue that the effects of state intervention depend on ...
Adam Tatarynowicz +2 more
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Selection in car insurance when claims are heterogeneous
Abstract Econometric studies of insurance markets have analyzed the Positive Correlation Property to test for the presence of asymmetric information. Car‐insurance studies frequently compare policies purchasing Mandatory Third‐Party Liability alone with policies that purchase additional coverage and use the presence of a liability claim as a measure of
Edmund Cannon +2 more
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(Most) everyone is above average: Optimism bias and insurance nonparticipation
Abstract We examine health insurance nonparticipation using a behavioral framework that integrates optimism bias with institutional safety nets. In our model, optimistic consumers underestimate their probability of health shocks. We show that nonparticipation—even under subsidized premiums—is rationalized by the interaction between optimism and an ...
David L. Dicks +2 more
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Circularity and Resilience in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Times of Crisis
ABSTRACT Despite recent efforts to bridge the circular economy and entrepreneurship, and to explore resilience in entrepreneurial ecosystems, the ways in which startups' circularity orientations influence how they build resilience in times of crisis remain unclear.
Ingvild Reine Assmann +4 more
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An Analysis of Proactive State Monitoring of Local Government Debt Issuance
Abstract Debt monitoring rules are a type of fiscal rule that allows states to proactively oversee their local government borrowing. This study examines how these rules impact local borrowing costs using a mixed‐methods approach. It reviews state codes to classify debt monitoring features and creates a rigor index to measure state involvement.
Justina Jose
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What Now? Military Peace Activism in the Wake of the Vietnam War
ABSTRACT This article defines military peace activism as peace activism related to military manpower policy and military personnel, including active, reserve, potential, and former servicemembers. It argues that when the US war in Vietnam and the draft that supported it ended, antiwar activists who worked with GIs had to reframe their work, as the ...
Amy J. Rutenberg
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