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Where are the Rent Seekers? [PDF]
In a remarkably simple and yet in one of the most original and insightful observations of 20th century economics, Gordon Tullock observed that there are efficiency losses when public policies and political behavior create contestable rents.
Hillman, Arye L., Ursprung, Heinrich
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Existing Sustainability Interventions are Insufficient to Scale Up Cocoa Agroforestry in West Africa
ABSTRACT Sustainability transitions in agri‐food systems are required to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequities. In the West African cocoa sector, supply chain sustainability initiatives (SSIs) have emerged as key environmental governance tools to address these challenges and promote agroforestry.
Keessy Maria‐Prisca Kouakou +8 more
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A teatrise on the family de Gary Becker
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Javier Alvarado
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Este artigo analisa alguns dos fatores que podem ter influenciado a evolução do número de crimes violentos contra o patrimônio em Minas Gerais. Inicialmente, é realizada uma revisão de literatura sobre a “Economia do Crime”.
Aleff Neivisson Ferreira Lopes +2 more
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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ABSTRACT The cities of Petra and Udhruh were administrative and cultural centers in southern Jordan from Nabataean through Roman and Byzantine times into the early Islamic periods (first century BCE to eighth century CE). These communities built water harvesting systems to be able to survive in this arid environment.
Marcel R. Hoosbeek +4 more
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Abstract Research Summary I examine the understudied effects of perceived non‐transferable knowledge on labor market choices after firm‐initiated turnover. Using a large, nationally representative dataset, I assess how workers' perceptions of knowledge transferability, expectations to remain at a firm, and type of turnover experienced correlate with ...
Bukky Akinsanmi Oyedeji
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Can interest groups influence elections? Evidence from unions in Great Britain, 1900–2019
Abstract Unions sponsor electoral candidates around the world, yet little is known about the consequences of these arrangements. I study how union sponsorship affected the electoral prospect of British parliamentary candidates throughout the 20th century. I collect new data on the universe of union‐sponsored candidates.
Alexander Fouirnaies
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Cinquante années d’étude du crime dans la revue Criminologie
Le crime est l’unité d’analyse de base des approches classique et néoclassique en criminologie. Cet intérêt pour l’acte délictueux a été mis de côté pendant une bonne partie de l’histoire de la criminologie, mais a été remis de l’avant avec la ...
Rémi Boivin
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ABSTRACT Unemployment scarring has been adopted as a key concept in social policy, and despite being variously defined and inadequately theorised, it is widely used to justify the administration of labour market activation policies. Herein, we develop a critical genealogy of scarring, exploring a recently crystallised concept that amalgamates empirical
Tom Boland, Ray Griffin
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