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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan +4 more
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Development of Latvian Insurance Contract Law Under the Influence of European Union Law
SOCRATES. Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes elektroniskais juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls / SOCRATES. Rīga Stradiņš University Faculty of Law Electronic Scientific Journal of Law, 2023 The aim of the article is to analyse the process of application of the Insurance Contract Law in Latvia in 2018 and topropose amendments to this law to eliminate the ambiguities and shortcomings therein. This article examines thedevelopment of insurance contract law in Latvia in the light of the entry into force of the renewed law regulating ...
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wildlife damage to livestock and crops is the primary cause of conflict and a major barrier to human–wildlife coexistence across Europe and beyond. Data on such damages play a key role in understanding and shaping these conflicts. Policy responses have emphasised prevention and compensation to support extensive husbandry practices; however ...
Katrina Marsden +9 more
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Good faith in the reform of insurance law [PDF]
, 2004 Article by Professor John Birds, University of Sheffield published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies ...
Birds, John
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Regulatory Framework and Public Policies for Sustainability in the Construction Sector
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzes the role of public policies in promoting socially responsible practices in the construction sector, with a particular focus on their contribution to climate neutrality and the decarbonization of the building stock. European agreements exert increasing pressure to transform the construction sector, reinforcing the transition
Olga González‐Morales +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is substantial potential for the procurement of food by public institutions to contribute to Sustainable Development across multiple environmental, social, and economic outcomes. In this study we used theories of policy instrumentation and learning to analyse global guidance for designing public food procurement instruments to leverage ...
Erica Reeve +7 more
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Jurisdiction and Applicable Law to Contracts for the Sale of Goods and the Provision of Services including the Carriage of Goods by Sea and other Means of Transport in the European Union [PDF]
, 2019 The article analyses the jurisdiction and applicable law to contracts for the sale of godos and the provision of services in the European Union. It particularly focuses on contracts that subsume different categories of contracts, such as the carriage of ...
Echebarria Fernández, J.
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Pension schemes versus real estate [PDF]
, 2018 The demographic, economic and social changes that have characterized the last decades, and the dramatic financial crisis that has taken place since 2008, have led to a demand for structural changes in the pension sector and a growing interest in ...
D'Amato, V. +4 more
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Systems Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Systems Engineering (SE) relies on industry–academia collaboration for much of its research. Such collaborations are frequently described valuable in practice. At the same time, there is a need to align between partners to maximize the value of collaboration through acknowledging and working with nuances between parties to share and develop ...
Johan Cederbladh, Simon Sjölund
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