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Russian devaluation in 2014–2015: Falling into the abyss or a window of opportunity?

Russian Journal of Economics, 2015
Falling oil prices are leading to a reduction in domestic demand and lowering of the ruble exchange rate, thus enhancing the price competitiveness of Russian producers and stimulating the supply side of the economy (especially in foreign markets ...
Valeriy Mironov
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The true trigger of shame: social devaluation is sufficient, wrongdoing is unnecessary

Evolution and human behavior, 2018
What is the trigger of shame? The information threat theory holds that shame is an evolved adaptation that is designed to limit the likelihood and costs of others forming negative beliefs about the self.
Theresa E. Robertson, Daniel Sznycer, Andrew W. Delton, J. Tooby, L. Cosmides   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard, Andrew Greenman, Stacia Stetkiewicz, Bouwe Dijkstra, Frances Bowen, Richard Field   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is energy consumption sensitive to foreign capital inflows and currency devaluation in Pakistan?

Applied Economics, 2018
This study investigates the relationship between foreign capital inflows and energy consumption by incorporating economic growth, exports and currency devaluation in energy demand function for the case of Pakistan.
Muhammad Shahbaz, A. R. Chaudhary, S. Shahzad   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Goal Displacement and Goal Conflicts in Circular Innovation Initiatives: Types and Mitigation Practices

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many firms set ambitious sustainability goals but these are frequently “displaced” by proxy goals that are easier to track and measure. However, the specific types of goal conflicts that follow from this displacement are poorly understood. We conducted a case study of circular innovation initiatives at a global MedTech company and identified ...
Wiebke Reim, Johan Frishammar, Debadrita Panda   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turning negative memories around: Contingency versus devaluation techniques.

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 2018
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES It is assumed that fear responses can be altered by changing the contingency between a conditioned stimulus (CS) and an unconditioned stimulus (US), or by devaluing the present mental representation of the US.
P. Dibbets, Anke Lemmens, M. Voncken
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Perils of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Controversies: Implications for a Firm's Financial and Nonfinancial Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although ESG controversies are on the rise, research investigating them yields contradictory findings. The paper provides resolutions to the debate through investigating (a) how ESG controversies influence firms' short‐term and long‐term financial performance; (b) how firms navigate ESG controversies' effect; and (c) how ESG controversies ...
Amalesh Sharma, Sourav Bikash Borah, Anirban Adhikary, Sanjay Kumar Jena   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deterioration in the nutritional status of young children and their mothers in Brazzaville, Congo, following the 1994 devaluation of the CFA franc

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000
The effects of the January 1994 devaluation of the African Financial Community (CFA) franc on the nutritional situation of the populations concerned has been little documented.
Y Martin-Prével, Delpeuch, P Traissac, J.-P Massamba, G Adoua-Oyila, K Coudert, S Trèche   +6 more
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Climate Change Risk and Financial Stability: Implications for European Banking Institutions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether climate change risk weakens banking‐system stability in the European Union and assesses how renewable energy adoption and energy‐related taxation moderate this relationship. Using panel data for 27 EU countries from 2012 to 2022 and applying fixed‐effects OLS, two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and robust generalized ...
Md Yousuf Ali
wiley   +1 more source

Lateral orbitofrontal inactivation dissociates devaluation-sensitive behavior and economic choice

Neuron, 2017
Summary How do we choose between goods that have different subjective values, like apples and oranges? Neuroeconomics proposes that this is done by reducing complex goods to a single unitary value to allow comparison.
Matthew P. H. Gardner, Jessica Conroy, Michal Shaham, Clay V. Styer, G. Schoenbaum   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source