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Tightening the Regulatory Grip: Local Regulatory Stringency and Sectoral Platform Regulation in EU Cities

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Platform companies like Uber and Airbnb are depicted as agile policy entrepreneurs who can navigate the boundaries of regulatory frameworks and manipulate regulations to their advantage; however, recent empirical studies suggest that their capacity to influence policy depends on the particular political and institutional context.
Eliska Drapalova, Kai Wegrich
wiley   +1 more source

Three Configurations of In‐House Government Consulting: Public‐Value Purpose and Organizational Viability

open access: yesGovernance, Volume 39, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Governments have created in‐house consulting organizations to reduce dependence on external firms and retain public capability and control. Yet organizations grouped under this label pursue different forms of public value that require different designs.
Sean Safford
wiley   +1 more source

Steering Industrial Decarbonisation: Explaining OECD Policy Variation

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 1111-1127, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The ongoing rise in CO2 emissions driven by energy‐intensive industries highlights the urgent need for targeted policy interventions, with national strategies playing a crucial role in the low‐carbon transition. However, the factors that shape the ambition of industrial decarbonisation policies remain poorly understood.
Ebba Minas
wiley   +1 more source

Quantification of Direct Benefits of Functional Recovery‐Based Design for Seismic Resilience

open access: yesEarthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 3, August 2026.
Lessons from recent major earthquakes have shown that current life‐safety‐centered seismic design practice falls short in ensuring a desirable post‐hazard recovery. Extensive economic losses, high demolition rates, and long recovery have signified a gap between design targets and society's expectations of seismic performance of code‐compliant buildings.
Kasra Habibi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Hydrothermal Conditions and Salinity Stress on the Seed Germination of the Threatened Arid Zone Samphire Tecticornia lylei (Amaranthaceae: Salicornioideae)

open access: yesAustral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 8, August 2026.
Tecticornia lylei seeds germinate optimally under cooler conditions in constant darkness and can tolerate high levels of salt and moisture stress. However, as temperatures increase, tolerance to these stresses is reduced, and germination becomes both delayed and reduced.
Kristin R. Monie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 1957-1972, August 2026.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
wiley   +1 more source

Real‐World Evaluation of AI‐Assisted Readout of Skin Prick Automated Test Results

open access: yes
Allergy, Volume 81, Issue 8, Page 3001-3003, August 2026.
Julie van Waterschoot   +36 more
wiley   +1 more source

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