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Induced abortion in the world: 3. In search of a minimum common ground
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract The rising worldwide trend toward legalization of termination of pregnancy has been accompanied by increased polarization around abortion. Two opposite broad coalitions emerged from this confrontation, generally known as the “pro‐life” and “pro‐choice” movements. The basic issue for pro‐life advocates is that the protection of “innocent, human
Giuseppe Benagiano +4 more
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Measuring Co-Movements of CDS Premia during the Greek Debt Crisis [PDF]
In this paper we test whether the co-movement of sovereign CDS premia increased significantly after the Greek debt crisis started in October 2009. We perform a bivariate test for contagion that is based on an approach proposed by Forbes and Rigobon (2002)
Felix Brill, Sergio Andenmatten
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iNew Medicine, EarlyView.This illustration integrates key concepts covered in the review, including high‐risk populations, viral structure, host entry factors, the replication cycle, and licensed antibody‐based prevention strategies. ABSTRACT Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a negative‐sense RNA virus belonging to the genus Orthopneumovirus within the family Pneumoviridae.
Zekai Cheng +3 more
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Testing the Hypothesis of Contagion using Multivariate Volatility Models [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to test whether or not there was evidence of contagion across the various financial crises that assailed some countries in the 1990s.
Marçal, Emerson F. +1 more
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Estimation of Contagion: Bayesian Model Averaging on Tail Dependence of Mixture Copula
MathematicsThis study introduces a novel approach to estimate tail dependence in financial contagion using mixture copulas. Addressing the challenges of weight parameter estimation in conventional models, we propose a Bayesian model averaging method to determine ...
Sundusit Saekow +4 more
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Speculative Behaviour, Debt Default and Contagion: An Explanation of the Latin American Crisis 2001-2002 [PDF]
This paper provides a model incorporating strategic speculative behaviour into a framework of debt default and contagion. A basic model of contagion shows how economies which appear fundamentally sound, can fail to meet foreign obligations when there are
Louise Allsopp
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Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
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Regionality Revisited: An Examination of the Direction of Spread of Currency Crisis [PDF]
What determines the direction of spread of currency crises? We examine data on waves of currency crises in 1992, 1994, 1997, and 1998 to evaluate several hypotheses on the determinants of contagion. We simultaneously consider trade competition, financial
Amil Dasgupta +2 more
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Correction to: Contagion, Quarantine and Constitutive Rhetoric: Embodiment, Identity and the “Potential Victim” of Infectious Disease [PDF]
, 2022 Julie Homchick Crowe
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Testo & Senso, 2022 A hundred years separate two of the most successful masterpieces of English Gothic Fiction: The Monk (1796) by Matthew Gregory Lewis and Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker. The significance of this circumstance goes beyond the mere chronological coincidence and is revealing of a close connection linking the two texts. Such a connection, made up of a network
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