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Estimating the Efficiency of Voting in Big Size Committees [PDF]

open access: yes
In a simple voting committee with a finite number of members, in which each member has a voting weight, the voting rule is defined by the quota (a minimal number of voting weights is required to approve a proposal), and the efficiency of voting in the ...
Pavel Doležel
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Effective methods for increasing levels of political self‐efficacy for girls and disadvantaged students in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study addresses the gap in rigorous evaluation of inclusive Citizenship Education methods in reducing gender and socioeconomic inequalities in political self‐efficacy. This article tests the effectiveness of two pedagogical approaches: counter‐narratives and think‐pair‐share.
Bryony Hoskins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From individual to collective: Post‐return agency among internationally educated Mongolian graduates

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how internationally educated Mongolian graduates pursue professional projects after returning to Mongolian higher education and how some of these projects develop from individual academic agency into collective action. It draws on semi‐structured interviews with 30 graduates trained in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan,
Ariunaa Enkhtur
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the Transparency of Remote E-Voting: The Estonian Experience

open access: yes, 2008
Pilot projects in the area of remote e-voting have been carried out in several countries but the number of those projects in which the Internet-cast votes are legally binding remains small.
Hall, Thad, Maaten, Epp
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Climate assemblies involving children and youth as socio‐educational spaces: Perceived success factors, challenges and opportunities

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate assemblies have emerged as participatory mechanisms and as socio‐educational spaces for engaging citizens in climate decision‐making and promoting sustainability learning. However, to date, initiatives involving children and young people remain underexplored.
Gisela Cebrián, Justin Dillon
wiley   +1 more source

Weighted Approval Voting [PDF]

open access: yes
To allow society to treat unequal alternatives distinctly we propose a natural extension of Approval Voting [7] by relaxing the assumption of neutrality.
Massó, Jordi, Vorsatz, Marc
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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

E-Voting in Pakistan

open access: yes, 2007
Validerat; 20101217 (root)
Zafar, Ch. Naveed, Pilkjaer, Anthony
openaire   +1 more source

Funding Costs and Liquidity Creation: Does ESG Play Any Role?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how banks' funding costs affect liquidity creation and whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance shapes this relationship. Using panel data for 136 U.S. commercial banks from 2005 to 2022, we show that higher funding costs are associated with lower liquidity creation, indicating that more expensive ...
Sattam Bin Kowibeen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Default Effect in ESG Investment: When a Recommendation Goes a Long Way

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individual investors display a positive attitude toward ESG investments but typically fail to act upon it. We report results from a preregistered online experiment testing a default option on 1050 US investors examining the mechanisms driving the effectiveness of default options in promoting ESG investments.
Sai Sravanthi Ramadugula   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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