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Integridad electoral y órganos electorales subnacionales en México: el papel de la imparcialidad
Región y Sociedad, 2021 Objetivo: analizar la calidad de las elecciones para gobernador y diputados en México. ¿En qué medida éstas dependieron, en el periodo 2015-2018, del desempeño de los órganos electorales? Metodología: se utiliza la perspectiva de la integridad electoral.
Irma Méndez de Hoyos +3 more
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
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Iustinianus Primus Law Review, 2022 Giovanni Sartori in his famous book Comparative Constitutional Engineering pointed out that the electoral systems are not only the most manipulative instrument of politics but also they influence the shaping of the party system and the determination ...
Marko Krtolica
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina +1 more
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The pathology of Afghanistan “Wolesi Jirga” Elections In Light of the Election of the US House of Representatives [PDF]
پژوهشنامه حقوق تطبیقی, 2019 Today's elections are the most appropriate and most common means of citizen participation in the country's political destiny and the House of Representatives election is one of the most fundamental ones.In this paper, it has been tried, using the ...
Ayat Mulaee, Mehdi Manavi
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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Cogent Social SciencesThis article examines the role of election technology through a power-relations perspective to challenge the dominant technologically centric approach in evaluating election systems.
Caroline Paskarina +4 more
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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
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Politics and GovernanceCompetitive elections that are free and fair are the bedrock of stable representative democracies. In this critical moment, in which there is an increase of democratic decline across states, it is imperative to (re‐)examine fundamental democratic ...
Valere Gaspard
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto +5 more
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