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Tax Planning Under Pressure: The Impact of Carbon Emissions Management Post‐Paris Agreement
ABSTRACT We examine how the Paris Agreement affects corporate tax planning across a global data set. We find that emissions‐reducing firms are associated with higher levels of tax planning than nonemissions‐reducing firms. The effect is stronger for firms facing tighter cost pass‐through constraints, such as operating in more competitive markets, with ...
Aonan (Sistine) Sun +3 more
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Influence of control parameters on the stabilization of an Euler-Bernoulli flexible beam
In this work, we numerically study the influence of control parameters on the stabilization of a flexible Euler-Bernoulli beam fixed at one end and subjected at the other end to a force control and a punctual moment control proportional respectively to ...
Goh André-Pascal Abro +2 more
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Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
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What Do Lithics Tell Us About Cultural Evolution? Insights From the Central African Record
ABSTRACT While Western historical narratives often incorporate a biased vision of human evolution—driven by a progressive view tied to a progressively evolving state of culture—this paper proposes combining archaeological lithic data with epistemological reflections to critique the modern regime of historicity, where progress is assumed as rational ...
Isis Isabella Mesfin
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Verité Update, vol. 3: Child Labor in Chocolate Industry [PDF]
This issue of Verite Update announces Verite’s new independent verification process, the Road Map, which brings NGOs, governments, and industry together to establish a common platform through which to gather data that accurately reflects conditions on ...
Verité
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ABSTRACT In multi‐stakeholder initiatives, actors across sectors develop voluntary standards to guide firms' sustainability efforts. While multi‐stakeholder initiatives have long been a prevalent instrument of sustainability regulation, recently, there has been an uptake of legislation that makes it mandatory for firms to acknowledge sustainability ...
Leona A. Henry, Eva van der Zee
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The medium and long term effects of an expansion of education on poverty in Côte d Ivoire A dynamic microsimulation study [PDF]
I use a dynamic microsimulation model to analyse the distributional effects of an expansion of education in Côte d'Ivoire in the medium and long term. The simulations are performed in order to replicate several policies in force or subject to debate in ...
Michael Grimm
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Occurrence of Rhithrocloeon (Baetidae : Ephemeroptera) in west Africa [PDF]
#Rhithrocloeon$ n'était connu auparavant que des torrents de l'Afrique de l'Est. L'imago male d'une nouvelle espèce, #Rhithrocloeon elouardi$, est décrite de Côte d'Ivoire.
Gillies, M.T.
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Revealing patterns of endemism in the transatlantic family Chelodesmidae (Polydesmida: Diplopoda)
Abstract With fossil records dating back to the Silurian/Late Ordovician, millipedes stand out as one of the earliest terrestrial animal groups. Their limited vagility and high endemism make them valuable tools for formulating and testing biogeographic hypotheses, including those related to macro‐vicariance events.
Rodrigo Salvador Bouzan +4 more
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