Rebellion, repression and welfare [PDF]
I develop a dynamic model of social conflict whereby manifest grievances of the poor generate the incentive of taking over political power violently. Rebellion can be an equilibrium outcome depending on the level of preexisting inequality between the ...
Juan F. Vargas
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International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.Over a dozen cancers have been associated with excess body mass index, primarily in mid‐to‐late adulthood. Whether obesity‐related cancer risk differs across adulthood remains unclear. Using the Sensitive Periods Model and super‐landmarking approaches, this study found that higher BMI increased obesity‐related cancer risk across ages 30–65.
Nadin K. Hawwash +13 more
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Prices versus Exams as Strategic Instruments for Competing Universities [PDF]
In this paper we investigate the optimal choice of prices and/or exams by universities in the presence of credit constraints. We first compare the optimal behavior of a public, welfare maximizing, monopoly and a private, profit maximizing, monopoly. Then
del Rey, Elena, Romero, Laura
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[Regulation of health care financing and delivery: analytic contributions from the perspective of industrial organization and the selection dilemmaRegulação do financiamento e da oferta de serviços de saúde: contribuições analíticas a partir da perspectiva da organização industrial e o dilema da seleção]. [PDF]
Rev Panam Salud PublicaBascolo E +4 more
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Impact of Sovereign Debt Maturity on Fiscal Sustainability
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study is the first to investigate the impact of the term structure of public debt on fiscal sustainability. We adopt the widely used backward‐looking measure of fiscal sustainability—fiscal responsiveness as proposed by Bohn. Using data from De Graeve and Mazzolini and focusing on a sample of 19 most developed countries, we demonstrate ...
António Afonso +3 more
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On the design of education conditional cash transfer programs and non education outcomes: the case of teenage pregnancy [PDF]
We investigate the effect of education Conditional Cash Transfer programs (CCTs) on teenage pregnancy. Our main concern is with how the size and sign of the effect may depend on the design of the program.
Darwin Cortés +2 more
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Evidence-Based Monitoring of Prodiplosis longifila in Foliage Crops: Damage, Economic Impact, Trapping Tools, and Population Dynamics. [PDF]
Neotrop EntomolNaranjo-Serrato AN +4 more
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Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.In children with presumptive tuberculosis, comprehensive point‐of‐care (cPOCUS) identified key thoracic abnormalities with high specificity and excellent inter‐reader reliability. Although diagnostic sensitivity was modest and examinations often incomplete, cPOCUS shows promise as a complementary, radiation‐free imaging tool.
Isabelle Munyangaju +17 more
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Is it always good to let universities select their students? [PDF]
:We undertake a first step to investigating a reform that has beenapplied in numerous universities across Europe: the right to select students. We ask to what extent this right will increase the effciency of the university.
Dario Maldonado, Guido Friebel
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The Predominant Role of Musical Valence Over Arousal in Pain Modulation: A Psychophysiological Study. [PDF]
Int J PsycholAbrahan VD, Alba G, Justel N, Muñoz MA.
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