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How the diversity in digestion in carnivorous plants may have evolved. [PDF]
Summary Carnivorous plants secrete digestive enzymes for prey degradation. Although carnivorous plants have a polyphyletic origin and evolved several times independently, they surprisingly co‐opted similar digestive enzymes during convergent evolution.
Pavlovič A.
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Flypaper effect at the local governments: an empirical analysis for Aceh Province
The objective of this reseach is to test the phenomenon of flypaper effect in local governments in Aceh Province during 2008 to 2012. The research used panel data analysis.
Irham Iskandar
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The “Flypaper Effect” Is Not an Anomaly [PDF]
The empirical nonequivalence between grants by a central government and increases in community income (the “flypaper effect”) has been considered anomalous. But the “anomaly” label is naïve: in a multiconsumer community, equivalence demands an unlikely match of tax rules and income‐growth patterns.We go beyond the single‐policy‐variable, median‐voter ...
John E. Roemer, Joaquim Silvestre
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The flypaper effect is undoubtedly among the most interesting concepts in subnational government spending behavior. This study is the first attempt to provide empirical evidence on the existence of the flypaper effect in the two largest economies in Sub-
Abdurrahman Isik +2 more
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Diverse Experiences in Children's Literature: Langston Hughes
Abstract Providing students encounters with diverse books is an important endeavor, and Langston Hughes themed picture books can serve as one avenue for successfully incorporating diverse literature into elementary literacy instruction. Using the methods of qualitative content analysis (Schreier, 2014) this study investigates the ways in which Langston
Bethany P. Lewis
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Anomalies: The Flypaper Effect [PDF]
What happens to a state's spending when it receives an unconditional grant from the federal government? The standard theoretical analysis predicts that the increase in spending will be the same as that generated by an equivalent increase in local incomes--or roughly 5-10 percent for most states.
James R Hines, Richard H Thaler
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Volatile Mining Revenues and State Government Budget Decisions
Abstract Mining royalties provide a volatile source of revenue for state governments in Australia. We explore the effects of changes in royalty revenue received by a state government on current‐year budget decisions about expenditure, tax revenue and the budget surplus.
John Freebairn, William Griffiths
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Nexus Between Flypaper Effect And Growth Inclusive Economy
Pendapatan Asli Daerah (PAD) dan Dana Alokasi Umum (DAU) ialah dana daerah untuk menganggarkan Belanja Modal (BM) dalam menyediakan fasilitas dan layanan masyarakat agar menciptakan Pertumbuhan Ekonomi inklusif (PE), sehingga kesejahteraan masyarakat ...
Annisa Azzahra +3 more
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Mobilising the Market: An Empirical Analysis of Crowdfunding for Judicial Review Litigation
This article provides an analysis of 413 crowdfunding campaigns raising funds for judicial review cases. In doing so, it empirically captures the judicial review crowdfunding landscape for the first time, drawing attention to the divergent rates of funding and generating a profile of the actors using the resource based on their geographic scope and ...
Sam Guy
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Testing regional intergovernmental transfers effects in Uruguay
Using an unbalanced panel of 18 Uruguayan regional governments from 1991 to 2017, we explore the hypothesis of flypaper and asymmetrical effects on the regional public expenditures.
Leonel Muinelo-Gallo
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