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Optimal penalty for investment delay in public procurement contracts [PDF]

Our aim in this paper is to provide a general framework in which to determine the optimal penalty fee inducing the contractor to respect the contracted delivery date in public procurement contracts (PPCs).
Chiara D'Alpaos, Michele Moretto, Paola Valbonesi   +2 more
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Evaluation and Metrics Framework [PDF]

, 2005
In this paper a metrics framework for evaluating different scenarios in the CATNETS project is defined.
Catalano, Michele, Eymann, Torsten, Giulioni, Gianfranco, Reinicke, Michael, Streitberger, Werner   +4 more
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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Group Cooperation Under Alternative Peer Punishment Technologies: An Experiment. [PDF]

This paper experimentally studies peer punishment under three alternative technologies. We find that the choice of peer punishment technology has a substantial impact on group performance.
Casari, Marco, Luini, Luigi
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Fiscal Decentralization in Mexico: The Bailout Problem [PDF]

The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the determinants and consequences of bailing out states, in particular, those observed in Mexico.
Alberto Díaz Cayeros, Fausto Hernández Trillo, Rafael Gamboa González   +2 more
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Building a Culture of Voice and Agency for Aboriginal Children in Out‐of‐Home Care: A Review of Policy in New South Wales and Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal children and young people in out‐of‐home care (OOHC), like all children and young people, have a fundamental right to be involved in decisions that affect them, to be afforded the opportunity for a voice, and to have that voice taken seriously.
Bradley Burns, Rebekah Grace, Scott Avery   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human-Plant Coevolution: A modelling framework for theory-building on the origins of agriculture. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Angourakis A, Alcaina-Mateos J, Madella M, Zurro D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Global Airways in Practice: Long‐term Effects of Mepolizumab With or Without FESS on Type 2 Inflammation in Patients With CRSwNP

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a type 2 inflammatory disease often associated with asthma. The global airway hypothesis suggests bidirectional inflammatory interactions between upper and lower airways. Mepolizumab, an anti–IL‐5 therapy, treats conditions systemically, while functional endoscopic sinus surgery ...
Jens Tidemandsen, Vibeke Backer, Anne Sophie Homøe, Thomas H. L. Jensen, Kasper Aanæs, Howraman Meteran, Morten Hostrup, Lukas Moesgaard, Christiane Haase, Peter G. Gibson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing the market approach to enterprise support - an evaluation of ten matching grant schemes [PDF]

Developing viable new business is critical to recovery, and long-term growth, especially in transition economies. There has been a long history of public support of enterprise development, starting with centralized state agency initiatives, but moving ...
Phillips, David A.
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A needs theory of governance [PDF]

, 2016
New-institutional economics hypothesizes imperfect rationality, self-seeking preferences, monetary-related needs, and opportunism as fundamental features of human behavior.
Sacchetti, Silvia, Tortia, Ermanno
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