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Developing a Consumer Right to Invoke the Boycott Exception to the Insurance Company Exemption from Federal Antitrust Laws [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
The McCarran-Ferguson Act provides that the business of insurance shall be subject to the laws of the several states which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business. The Act further provides that the business of insurance shall be exempt from
McCarthy, Brian
core   +1 more source

The threat against man and the reaction of the Christian - An economic viewpoint*

open access: yesKoers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1978
I refer here to the study on trade boycotts that I undertook on behalf of the Institute for the Advancement of Calvinism and on which this paper is largely based.
L. A. van Wyk
doaj   +1 more source

The War Against Chinese Restaurants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Chinese restaurants are a cultural fixture—as American as cherry pie. Startlingly, however, there was once a national movement to eliminate Chinese restaurants, using innovative legal methods to drive them out.
Chin, Gabriel J., Ormonde, John
core   +1 more source

Behavior Change Projects in Zoological Collections: Application of the Behavior Change Wheel

open access: yesZoo Biology, EarlyView.
Projects identified from zoo websites and their initial categorization. ABSTRACT Human behavior change is needed to stop the triple planetary crisis. Zoos reach millions of people every year and there is evidence available that people do change their behavior because of zoo led interventions.
Isabel Brinkley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer boycotts of foreign products: a metric model

open access: yesAmfiteatru Economic, 2013
Even if reactions to foreign goods are measured by means of various conceptual structures, few studies approach the question from the point of view of boycotts.
Murat Hakan Altintas   +4 more
doaj  

Do International Labor Standards Contribute to the Persistence of the Child Labor Problem? [PDF]

open access: yes
In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards.
Doepke, Matthias, Zilibotti, Fabrizio
core  

The Multilevel Implications of a Sinn Féin Government in Ireland

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 173-179, January/March 2025.
Abstract The electoral growth of Sinn Féin on both sides of the Irish border has generated much political and academic attention in recent years. The party could form part of the government in Dublin for the first time at the next Irish general election, though that outcome is far from certain.
Conor J. Kelly
wiley   +1 more source

Senedd Reform: From Aspiration to Cold‐Headed Reality?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 164-172, January/March 2025.
Abstract In May 2024, the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill completed its legislative journey through the Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament. The bill marks the latest chapter in the Senedd's evolution from an assembly established with no formally separated executive branch and no primary legislative powers into a lawmaking and tax‐raising ...
Adam Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Disruptive Repentance: Protesting in the Morning Service at Waitangi in 1983

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
In 1983 on Waitangi Day, nine Pākehā Christian protesters (including Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist ministers) were arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour for interrupting the morning church service at Waitangi. In solidarity with Māori activists and wider protests, they sought to draw attention to the longstanding failure of the ...
Michael Mawson
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the financial effects of boycotting Israel: Event-study and modern portfolio theory approaches with data from Borsa Istanbul

open access: yesBorsa Istanbul Review
This study evaluates how the current Israel boycotts affect Borsa Istanbul. An event study in a 45-day window around October 7, 2023 tests abnormal returns for a value-weighted portfolio of 22 boycotted firms using four models (Market, Market-Return ...
Burak Dogan
doaj   +1 more source

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