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Comparison of Definitions of Severe Maternal Morbidity: A National Cohort Study Using Administrative Data

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To understand agreement between definitions of severe maternal morbidity (SMM), the reasons for disagreement and the impact the outcome definition may have on the measurement of ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities. Design A national cohort study using administrative data. Setting The English National Health Service.
Ian Henderson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring Quality of Mafia‐Connected Accountants

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the monitoring quality of accountants with ties to the Mafia in their role as auditors for “clean” firms—those with no known ties to organized crime. Using a proprietary government database, we identify Italian firms with alleged ties to the Mafia through their executives, directors, or shareholders.
Pietro A. Bianchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Financial Reporting Mandates on Labor Unions

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Labor unions in the United States are subject to financial reporting mandates. This study examines how these mandates affect unions and their members. Using several regulation‐based empirical designs, we document that more granular reporting requirements adversely affect unions' election outcomes.
QINGKAI DONG, ANTHONY LE
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence, Risk, and Disclosure of Corporate Litigation: Insights from Federal Court Filings

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assemble and describe a sample of 174,782 lawsuits filed against 218,437 public‐company lawsuit‐defendants in federal district court from 2006 to 2021. These lawsuits involve an array of allegations, including product liability, civil rights discrimination, contract breaches, improper compensation and labor practices, antitrust violations ...
MARY BROOKE BILLINGS   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heterogeneity in the relationship between undocumented immigration and violent victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Undocumented immigration and its relation to public safety are subjects of intense political debate in the United States. Empirical evidence remains limited, and prior research has not examined how the relationship between undocumented immigration and victimization risk may vary by individuals’ citizenship status and local immigration policy ...
Min Xie, Eric P. Baumer
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Criminal Liability: A Ten Year Review

open access: yes, 2014
Changes to corporate criminal liability over the last ten years have been dramatic with the introduction of two major new offences: corporate manslaughter in 2007 and failure to prevent commercial bribery in 2010.
Wells, Celia K
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The effects of interview timing and body‐worn camera video review on completeness and accuracy of accounts of a lethal force scenario

open access: yesCriminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary How to optimize police officers’ accounts following a critical incident like an officer‐involved shooting has been debated in policy and scholarly literature. Although empirical research has begun to explore the impact of interview timing and viewing body‐worn camera (BWC) footage from the incident, no study has explored how ...
Louise E. Porter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
wiley   +1 more source

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