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Understanding Spatial Distribution of Retirement Villages: An Analysis of the Greater Brisbane Region

Urban Science, 2021
The nature of the increasingly ageing populations of developed countries places residential issues of these populations at the heart of urban policy. Retirement villages as housing options for older adults in Australia has been growing steadily in recent
Bo Xia, Jiaxuan E, Qing Chen, Laurie Buys, Tan Yigitcanlar, Connie Susilawati   +5 more
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Judges and Mass Litigation - a (Behavioural) Law and Economics Perspective [PDF]

, 2014
Judicial duties have for decades extended far beyond the scope of traditional adjudication, judges being progressively called upon to occupy the role of social engineers. Meanwhile, contexts in which judges evolve have transformed: mass damage nowadays tends to multiply and create new challenges not only for legal actors, but also for society at large.
openaire   +2 more sources

Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina, Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Benefits of Mass Timber Construction in the Workplace: A Novel Primer for Research

Buildings
Mass timber construction has recently gained popularity due to its outstanding environmental benefits and building performance, which hold revolutionary potential for the construction industry.
Stephen Whyte, Ryotaro Kaburagi, Victor Gan, Christhina Candido, Behnaz Avazpour, Dorsa Fatourehchi, Ho Fai Chan, Yue Dong, Uwe Dulleck, Sabine Finlay, Jin Zhou, Nick Hewson, Tong Li, Duncan Maxwell, Craig McNulty, Zoltan Sarnyai   +15 more
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Jean Tirole: Mathematician-Economist-Humanist

Финансы: теория и практика, 2019
Jean Tirole, the Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences in 2014, who in November 2018 visited the Financial university in Moscow, presents one of the most striking examples of the evolution currently experienced by some modern economists. He started his
Z. Mierzwa
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Volatility analysis and forecasting of vegetable prices using an ARMA‐GARCH model: An application of the CF filter and seasonal adjustment method to Korean green onions

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of a novel stratified PAthway of CarE for common musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in primary care: protocol for a multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled trial (the PACE MSK trial)

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions constitute the highest burden of disease globally, with healthcare services often utilised inappropriately and overburdened.
Michele Sterling, Ian Cameron, Lyndal Trevena, Manuela Ferreira, Kim L Bennell, Paul Hodges, Luke Connelly, Kathryn Refshauge, Kerrie Evans, Trudy Rebbeck, Julia Treleaven, Gwen Jull, Tim J Shaw, Milena Simic, Paulo Ferreira, Darren Beales, Carrie Ritchie, Nadine Foster, Deborah Black   +18 more
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges of implementing inclusive city policies in three European port cities

npj Urban Sustainability
This study examines the practical realities of implementing inclusive city policies in three European port cities—Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gothenburg—through a comparative case study.
Run Zhao, Jurian Edelenbos, Martin de Jong, Warda Belabas, Emma Björner   +4 more
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Disentangling the relationships between denomination of origin regulatory councils activities and Spanish wineries' export performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin, Marta Fernández‐Olmos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source