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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

Beggars as Rational Choosers

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT American municipalities increasingly regulate panhandling. That regulation is controversial. The determinants of panhandling activeness are unknown, and it is doubted whether panhandling activity responds rationally to incentives. To shed light on these issues, we collect data on hundreds of panhandlers and the passersby they solicit at ...
Peter T. Leeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Pyrolysis Control Parameters on the Structural Properties of Biomass‐Derived Activated Carbon Materials and Their Energy Applications

open access: yesThe Chemical Record, EarlyView.
Tubular pyrolysis synthesis is a widespread method to produce activated carbons (ACs). This review focuses on the different controlling parameters of the tubular pyrolysis synthesis method and their influence on the performance of synthesized ACs, thereby considering both experimental aspects and the use of plant‐based biomasses (PBBs) as feedstock ...
Meenal Gupta   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of prenatal sirolimus on cardiac rhabdomyomas and brain tubers

open access: yesUltrasound in Obstetrics &Gynecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To document the natural progression of fetal cardiac rhabdomyomas and evaluate the impact of prenatal sirolimus (PNS) on tumor size, cardiac complications and brain‐tuber size. Methods This was a single‐center retrospective cohort study of pregnancies with suspected fetal cardiac rhabdomyoma referred to our center from April 2013 to ...
S. Vergote   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Depressive episode and treatment outcomes in elderly individuals with tuberculosis: A prospective cohort study in Korea. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Kim A   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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