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Advertising and Conspicuous Consumption [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The paper formalizes the intuition that brands are consumed for image reasons and that advertising creates a brand’s image. The key idea is that advertising informs the public of brand names and creates the possibility of conspicuous consumption by ...
Krähmer, Daniel
core   +2 more sources

$W$ helicity and constraints on the $Wtb$ vertex at the Tevatron [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We present the results obtained by the CDF and D0 collaborations on the extraction of the CKM matrix element Vtb, the $W$ helicity measurements, and the constraints obtained on the $Wtb$ vertex.
arxiv   +1 more source

Psychology-guided Controllable Story Generation [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Controllable story generation is a challenging task in the field of NLP, which has attracted increasing research interest in recent years. However, most existing works generate a whole story conditioned on the appointed keywords or emotions, ignoring the psychological changes of the protagonist.
arxiv  

A descriptive review and classification of organizational information security awareness research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Information security awareness (ISA) is a vital component of information security in organizations. The purpose of this research is to descriptively review and classify the current body of knowledge on ISA.
Hutchinson, Gershon, Ophoff, Jacques
core   +1 more source

Maintaining Effective Deterrence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
While deterrence is as old as human conflict itself, it became particularly important with the advent of nuclear weapons when armed conflict between the superpowers had the potential to end civilization. Today there is a sense that terrorism has rendered
Gray, Colin S., Dr.
core   +1 more source

Can reducing administrative burdens increase benefit amounts? Evidence from SNAP simplified reporting

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Relaxing administrative burdens can boost enrollment in benefit programs. However, administrative burdens can influence other outcomes of interest. Simplified reporting is a state policy option that reduces the amount of information Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients must report between certifications.
W. Clay Fannin
wiley   +1 more source

The Limited Prospects of Deterrence by the International Criminal Court: Lessons from Domestic Experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Officials and supporters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have argued that its punishments will be able to deter future human rights violations, but, in its first ten years, the ICC has had only a minimal deterrent effect. This limited deterrent
Dietrich, John
core   +1 more source

Social Norms and Conditional Cooperative Taxpayers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper incorporates tax morale into the Allingham Sandmo (1972) model of income tax evasion. Tax morale is interpreted as a social norm for tax compliance.
Traxler, Christian
core   +2 more sources

Implications of state policy context for the well‐being of immigrant families with young children

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract There is notable variation in state‐level social policy exclusions for immigrant parents and their children. Little research has investigated how these exclusions impair the well‐being of immigrant families. This study examined how state‐level social policy exclusions for immigrants are associated with the well‐being of immigrant parents and ...
Kevin Ferreira van Leer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

CNN Classifier for Just-in-Time Woodpeckers Detection and Deterrent [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Woodpeckers can cause significant damage to homes, especially in suburban areas. There are a number of preventing and repelling methods including passive decoys, though these may only provide temporary relief. Subsequently, it may be more efficient to implement a woodpecker deterrent, such as motion, light, sound, or ultrasound that would be triggered ...
arxiv  

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