Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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Studies on mineral dust using airborne lidar, ground-based remote sensing, and in situ instrumentation [PDF]
, 2018 © 2018 The Author(s). Published by EDP Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
Amiridis, Vassilis +13 more
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Beyond Formal Agreements: EU Agencies' Cooperation with Third Countries
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Third countries' participation in European Union (EU) agencies is attracting increasing attention as venues for differentiated European integration. Research has started to vest into the host of formal agreements regulating this cooperation. However, regulatory outreach by EU agencies may be more important than it is stated de jure, as many ...
Thibaud Deruelle +2 more
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The Current Status of Irrigated Agriculture in Cape Verde and Its Link to Water Scarcity
AgronomyIn arid regions with low precipitation, like most of the Cape Verde islands, irrigation is essential for maintaining agricultural production and food security.
Erik Sequeira +3 more
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RE-EXAMINING THE FINANCE-GROWTH NEXUS: STRUCTURAL BREAK, THRESHOLD COINTEGRATION AND CAUSALITY EVIDENCE FROM THE ECOWAS [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to re-examine the cointegrating and causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in the ECOWAS. To this end, we use the Gregory and Hansen (1996a, 1996b) approach to cointegration with structural change ...
Loesse Jacques Esso
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Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Among the few species of Microcambeva reported as occurring in more than one hydrographic basin, M. ribeirae has been previously listed from both the Ribeira de Iguape and the Guaraqueçaba basins. However, morphological and molecular analyses revealed that the specimens from Guaraqueçaba represent a new species, which is described in this ...
Lucas S. de Medeiros +6 more
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Comparing Exchange Market Pressure in West and Southern African Countries [PDF]
We compare the performance of Cape Verde and Mozambique concerning financial credibility as measured by Exchange Market Pressure, an institutional feature that has often been overlooked in the literature as a relevant institution for economies.
Lopes, Jose Mario, Santos, Fabio
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Patterns of genetic diversity in three plant lineages endemic to the Cape Verde Islands [PDF]
, 2016 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original ...
Alarcón +22 more
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Biobanking and data transfer between the EU and Cape Verde, Mauritius, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia: adequacy considerations and Convention 108 [PDF]
, 2020 Santa Slokenberga
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Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The abundance of Canthidermis sufflamen has increased worldwide, including around the Canary Islands, due to global ocean warming. The reproductive behaviour of this species was studied within a marine‐protected area (MPA) and its adjacent areas off the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands).
Alberto Rodríguez‐Díaz +3 more
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