The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
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Gaps in disaster cost reporting and rising economic burdens in Canada, 1990-2020: retrospective database analysis. [PDF]
El-Baba M +4 more
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Correction: Regional zenith tropospheric delay prediction using DBO-optimized CNN-LSTM with multihead attention. [PDF]
Yang R, Yang X, Xie S, Yu X.
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Abstract This study investigates the petrography and mineralogy of three L‐type ordinary chondrite meteorites: Northwest Africa (NWA) 4137 (L6), Homestead (L5), and Kunashak (L6). We studied the shock‐related deformation features in the matrix and the characteristics of the melt veins, including the presence or absence of high‐pressure (HP) phases. Our
S. Effraimidou +7 more
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Unequal power outages induced by natural disasters. [PDF]
Wang B +7 more
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ABSTRACT Virtue epistemology has long struggled with the “Creditability Dilemma”: how can knowledge gained through deference be creditable to the knower if it primarily depends on others’ cognitive work? We propose a novel solution by developing a telic account of doxastic deference as a distinctive kind of social‐epistemic performance.
J. Adam Carter, Jesper Kallestrup
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Damage and deterioration mechanism of marl under acidic erosion and dry-wet cycles: A case of Wuxia, Three Gorges Reservoir area. [PDF]
Zhou F +8 more
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A new Anthropocene aesthetics: Mediating Harman, Morton, and Boysen
Abstract Practitioners of Object‐Oriented Ontology (OOO) have critiqued the metaphysical assumptions of contemporary poetry, and particularly the position of the lyric speaker. Scholars such as Graham Harman and Timothy Morton have positioned themselves as critics of these lyric sensibilities. In recent years, concerns have risen around their critiques
Chase Cate
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A Review of Instability Mechanisms and Control Technologies for Gas Drainage Boreholes in Soft Coal Seams in China. [PDF]
Liu H +5 more
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Rethinking Local Choice: Experimental Evidence on Taxpayer Sentiment and Public School Funding
ABSTRACT Taxpayers often have conflicting views on what constitutes fair taxation and how tax revenues should be allocated. We work with Vermont legislators on the policy concern of sentiment in a property tax setting, given the Vermont Supreme Court ruling around the principle of educational equality.
Edward N. Gamble +2 more
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