The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
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Can green location-oriented policies promote substantive green innovation by enterprises? Evidence from China's National Eco-Industrial Demonstration Parks. [PDF]
Tian J, Qiu W.
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M. E. Grant Duff, Philosophic Liberalism and the Global Liberal Cause
Abstract Historians disagree about how best to conceptualize nineteenth‐century British Liberalism in relation to its international contexts. This article argues that we can better understand the patterns involved by interrogating individuals who bridged the worlds of partisan politics and elaborated thought.
Alex Middleton
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Empirical evidence on the impact of the "new round" of Sino-US trade frictions on China's foreign trade industrial policy and high-quality development. [PDF]
Leihua H, Fan S.
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ABSTRACT A concentrated debt structure can facilitate creditor coordination, which reduces the financial distress cost in a liquidity default but also increases the risk of a strategic default. Debt concentration affects the sensitivity of leverage to tax through these two forces.
Xiaoli Hu +3 more
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Financialization, housing rents and affordability in Toronto. [PDF]
August M, St-Hilaire C.
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CEO's Early‐life Experience of Disasters and Corporate Environmental Performance
We investigate the nexus between the early‐life disaster experiences of chief executive officers (CEOs) and their firms’ environmental performance metrics. We hypothesize that first‐hand experience of the adversities of natural disasters in the formative years of a CEO can catalyze a transformation in their environmental cognizance and perspective ...
Shushu Liao +2 more
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Cash‐holding Benefits and Their Influence on Seasoned Equity Offering Decisions
This study investigates the cash‐holding motivations of issuers with excess cash. It aims to explain why these issuers choose to accumulate even more cash through stock issuances rather than utilize their existing surplus. I assess three competing cash‐holding motivation hypotheses: whether issuers raise cash: (i) to fund the needs of future growth ...
Ebrahim Bazrafshan
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The impact of strategic alliances on corporate real investment and its mechanisms from the perspective of organizational learning theory: An empirical analysis based on Chinese listed companies. [PDF]
Gao K, Huang X.
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