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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper develops a two‐period model to investigate how fiscal and bureaucratic asymmetries shape yardstick competition (YC), inter‐municipal cooperation (IMC), and rent‐seeking in local public service provision. Unlike previous approaches, we allow incumbents to invest in bureaucratic efficiency, influencing both service quality and ...
Antonio Cortese +2 more
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the formation and operation of Myanmar's Interim Ethics Review Board (IERB), which was established in November 2023 by displaced academics involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement against the 2021 military coup. Operating within a highly repressive, conflict‐ridden environment, the IERB exemplifies a locally‐led and ...
Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw +3 more
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Threat and blame frames in political rhetoric about societal issues lead to neural and political polarization. [PDF]
Sci Repvan der Plas E +5 more
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Research Ethics in Conflict Zones: Reflections on ‘Do no Harm’ Ethics for the Research Network
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What does it mean to ‘do no harm’ in academic research? ‘Do no harm’ ethics emphasizes the responsibility of researchers to mitigate the emotional, physical, and political harms that may arise through participation in research. These concerns are heightened in conflict zones, where access constraints and intersecting vulnerabilities shape the ...
K. B. Roberts
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Network topology facilitates internet traffic control in autocracies. [PDF]
PNAS NexusKeremoğlu E +5 more
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From Rating System to Thought Leadership: The Evolution of the Canada Green Building Council
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Green Building Social Movement Organizations encourage the adoption of green buildings, primarily by promoting sustainability rating tools. While numerous papers have explored the market impact of these sustainability rating tools, very few have examined either the lengthy and protracted process of their selection and enrollment by ...
J. J. McArthur +2 more
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What happened to Putin's friends? The radical right's reaction to the Russian invasion on social media. [PDF]
Eur Union PolitWang C, Altiparmakis A.
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Should We Use Citizens' Assemblies to Make Health Policy?
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article assesses the normative case for using citizens' assemblies—small deliberative forums of randomly selected citizens—in health policymaking. Although they are increasingly popular, their normative justification remains underexplored. We reconstruct three possible rationales: Norman Daniels's ‘Accountability for Reasonableness’ (A4R)
Daniel Hutton Ferris, Johannes Kniess
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Democratic backsliding damages favorable US image among the global public. [PDF]
PNAS NexusGoldsmith BE +3 more
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Israel's destruction and ‘humanitarianisation’ of Palestinian health systems, arguing that this should be understood as an instance of ‘necropolitics,’ as conceived by Achille Mbembe. We review the extensive, long‐term destruction of health systems in Palestine before 7 October 2023 and the catastrophic acceleration of that
Mohammad Salaymeh +2 more
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