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The Limits of Regulatory Capture: Explaining the UK Payment Protection Insurance Mis‐Selling Scandal

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To what extent does regulatory agencies' failure to protect the public from harm result from undue industry influence? We argue that “regulatory capture” is invoked too easily to explain regulatory failure. To re‐examine the relationship between regulatory capture and regulatory failure, we use process‐tracing to study UK regulatory decision ...
Eva Heims
wiley   +1 more source

The chatbot's real self: On the archaeology of artificial personas Le vrai soi du chatbot: vers une archéologie des personnes artificielles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

Blame and Cost: Understanding Responsibility Attribution and Financial Risk in AI Usage

open access: yesJournal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines public perceptions of responsibility and potential damage associated with AI usage across various scenarios, and estimates the financial impact on firms. The survey‐based analyses of AI failures evaluating hypothetical risk scenarios and their economic consequences reveal that sociodemographic determinants shape the ...
Dorian Fildor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender and Digital Platform Work During Turbulent Times

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 295-299, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This commentary explores how the platform economy shapes labor market responses during times of crisis, with a focus on gendered experiences. Drawing on cases of economic crisis, natural disasters, and refugee displacement, it examines how digital labor platforms offer flexible work opportunities while also reinforcing existing inequalities ...
Melissa E. Langworthy   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systems‐Level Optimization of Hybrid Produced Water Treatment Systems for Sustainable Oil and Gas Production: A Review of Current Technologies

open access: yesGlobal Challenges, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Produced water (PW) is the largest and most complex waste stream generated during oil and gas production, posing significant environmental, operational, and regulatory challenges due to its high salinity, dispersed hydrocarbons, toxic organics, heavy metals, and naturally occurring radioactive materials. Although numerous studies have reviewed
Omogbolade L. Adepitan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Flip‐Flopping in Political Competition

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 79-96, February 2026.
ABSTRACT We study candidates' position adjustments in response to information about voters' preferences. Repositioning allows candidates to move closer to the median voter, but it incurs financial and electoral costs. In a subgame‐perfect equilibrium, candidates diverge from the center ex ante if the costs of adjustment are sufficiently large.
Gaëtan Fournier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political science communities challenged by internationalisation

open access: yesEuropean Political Science, 2022
Thibaud Boncourt   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reproductive politics and women's empowerment; how does geopolitics control women? [PDF]

open access: yesFront Glob Womens Health
Delanerolle G   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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