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Analysis of dedicated revenue scale and diversity among U.S. state fish and wildlife agencies

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Most revenue for state fish and wildlife agencies originates from 3 sources: 1) hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses; 2) Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Grants; and 3) Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Grants. However, states also generate substantial revenue through 22 additional unique mechanisms, ranging from sales taxes to license plate ...
Charlie R. Booher, Jonathan G. Karlen, Hannah M. Specht, Ronald J. Regan, Robert A. Montgomery, Joshua Millspaugh   +5 more
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Bridging the Ideological Divide: Advertising Strategies for Promoting Stigmatized Products

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many socially relevant sexual and reproductive health products remain stigmatized by some consumers due to enduring socio‐cultural taboos, despite broader acceptance by others. Such stigma limits product adoption and poses public health risks.
Yunlu Zhao, Verdiana Giannetti, Evangelia Mavroudi, Dayananda Palihawadana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electoral and political changes: the impact on political bureaucratic relationships in Scottish Local Government [PDF]

, 2012
Aberbach J. D., Copus C., Denver D., Duncan McTavish, Farazmand A., Frederickson H. G., Gains F., Green D., Gyford J., John P., Karen Johnston Miller, Leach S., Liddle J., Mouritzen P. E, Nardulli R. F., Pressman J., Rao N., Saunders P., Scharpf F. W., Stewart J., Stewart J., Stoker G., Temple M., Thrasher M., Wilson D.   +24 more
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Election Law and White Identity Politics [PDF]

, 2019
The role of race in American politics looms large in several election law doctrines. Regrettably, though, these doctrines’ analyses of race, racial identity, and the relationships between race and politics often lack sophistication, historical context ...
Sellers, Joshua S.
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Scheduling Bodyguards

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Security agencies around the world use bodyguards to protect government officials and public figures. In this paper, we consider a two‐person zero‐sum game between a defender who allocates such bodyguards to protect several targets and an attacker who chooses one target to attack.
Loe Schlicher, Kyle Y. Lin, Moshe Kress
wiley   +1 more source

Linking Environmental Health and Civic Health: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Charitable Giving

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of air pollution on charitable giving. We suggest that the burdens associated with poor air quality are associated with a dampening of civic and philanthropic engagement. Analyzing 12 years of county‐level data from the United States with fixed‐effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions, we identify a ...
Gregory D. Saxton, Michelle Benson, Chao Guo, Daniel G. Neely, Tahmina Ahmed, Mohammad Maruf Hasan, Shujie Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Populism and policy capacity: Evidence from an opposition municipality in Istanbul

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite achievements in its conceptual rigor, policy capacity still represents a relatively depoliticized concept that fails to sufficiently consider the ways in which politics plays a role in its creation, mobilization, or decay. This article seeks to contribute to this debate by investigating the impact of populism on policy capacity, the ...
Ebru Ertugal, Faik Gür, İnan Sevinç
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the relationship between policy capacity and policy effectiveness in decentralized governance setups. It challenges the conventional view that policy functions should only be decentralized when requisite capacities already exist at lower levels of government. Instead, the paper proposes that capacity can follow function ‐ as
Kidjie Ian Saguin, M. Ramesh
wiley   +1 more source

Is it time for automatic voter registration in the UK? [PDF]

, 2020
Bernal, Paul, James, Toby S.
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Do Policy Capacities Matter for Federal Policy Design? Evidence From the Implementation of Three Social Policies in Brazil

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bringing together the literature on policy design, policy capacity and policy making in multilevel systems, this paper argues that the effectiveness of policy design in federal countries depends, ceteris paribus, on the adequacy of federal and local policy capacities.
Giliberto Capano, Vanessa Elias de Oliveira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source