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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
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Methodological Challenges in Studying Wealthy Families
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studying the wealthy is not easy. This piece provides suggestions for recruitment, interview strategies, and design to gain high‐quality data on wealthy people. It is based on an interview study of 81 US racially‐diverse families with a median net worth of $25 million. First, to gain access to the wealthy, it is key for the researcher to use a
Annette Lareau
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Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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Abacus, EarlyView.We investigate the effects of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) international inspection access on the value of cash holdings for non‐US companies. Utilizing a difference‐in‐differences (DiD) research design, we find that investors assign significantly higher value to a non‐US company's cash holdings when the company's non‐US ...
Hsiao‐Tang Hsu, Huichi Huang, Yutao Li
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Indigenous knowledge of traditional medicinal plants in Gondar City Administration, Amhara National Regional State, northwest Ethiopia. [PDF]
Trop Med HealthAyenew T +6 more
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Towards Credible GHG Reporting: The Role of GHG Assurance and Assurance Providers in Firm Valuation
Abacus, EarlyView.The demand for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosures is rising globally; yet, the credibility of such information remains uncertain when assurance is not mandated. Drawing on a sample of firms from 43 countries, this study examines the role of GHG assurance and the choice of assurance provider in the market value effects of GHG emissions.
Sudipta Bose +2 more
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Can riots represent? A democratic theory
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Political theory has been perennially concerned with interrogating, identifying, and clarifying the political functions of riots. Yet, political theorists have mostly fallen short of explaining the relationship between riots and democracy, although this is central to the democratic theory of contestation and crucial for evaluating the ...
Alexis Bibeau‐Gagnon
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Sleep, Scent, and Household Medical Care in Early Modern England. [PDF]
Hist Workshop JFletcher H, Handley S.
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract We experimentally elicit views of what exploitation is from over 2,000 subjects. Our experimental design does not test existing theories of exploitation. Rather, it focuses on more fundamental properties that are the building blocks for these theories.
Benjamin Ferguson +3 more
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