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Military conscription and university enrolment: evidence from Italy
, 2009 Given that a growing number of countries have abolished or are considering the abolition of military conscription, understanding the consequences of this measure is of increased importance.
Di Pietro, G.
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The Return of Industrial Policy in the EU: A Chance for Central and Eastern Europe?
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This contribution explores the Visegrad four's (V4) responses to the revival of industrial policy in the European Union (EU). To a region so highly industrialised, and so dependent on foreign firms, this revival brings mixed blessings. Industrial policy focused on ‘European champions’ is driving investment towards core regions and firms ...
Vera Šćepanović, Imre G. Szabó
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Can A Draft Induce More Human Capital Investment in the Military? [PDF]
We consider the possibility a draft increases the likelihood individuals will invest in human capital in the military. This possibility exists because those drafted have less time to reap the return from human capital investment.
Timothy Perri
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Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how military‐experienced senior executives shape analysts' information environment and forecasting outcomes. Using U.S.‐listed firms from 2000 to 2020, we find that firms led by ex‐military executives attract greater analyst coverage, exhibit lower forecast inaccuracy, and experience lower forecast dispersion.
Zhe Li, Bo Wang, Weidong Lin
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The Congressman and the Oracle: A Fable for Our Times
, 1947 This is an eight-page two-staple pamphlet arguing against UMT, Universal Military Training, or peacetime conscription. An oracle who learns the mind of the people by something called gallupolling turns out to be a strong backer, and a Congressman has ...
National Council Against Conscription
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Uncle Sam Wants Whom? The Draft and the Quality of Military Personnel [PDF]
It has been argued the draft may enable the military to attract more able individuals than a volunteer military and thus increase welfare. We find this may be the case if a volunteer military simply takes the least able individuals.
Timothy Perri
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Medical anthropologists have long shown how hospitals function as spaces of both care and control, yet the entanglement of policing and trauma care remains understudied. This paper offers an ethnographic account of how trauma surgeons in a Los Angeles County hospital navigate the embedded presence of police within their clinical work.
Emily Virginia Jones
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Nuova Antologia MilitareThe purpose of this study is to identify the issues related to establishing the legal status of military administration entities which ensure conscription during martial law.
Anatoliy Yatsyshyn
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Conscription and Crime: Evidence from the Argentine Draft Lottery [PDF]
We estimate the causal effect of mandatory participation in the military service on the involvement in criminal activities. We exploit the random assignment of young men to military service in Argentina through a draft lottery to identify this causal ...
Martín A. Rossi +2 more
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