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Market orientation and national homicide rates

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence.
William Alex Pridemore, Meghan L. Rogers
wiley   +1 more source

On Dagum’s Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient [PDF]

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To measure the contributions to inequality from population subgroups, the Gini coefficient is often decomposed into inequality within groups, inequality between groups and a residual term arising from the overlapping of income distributions from ...
William Griffiths
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A conceptual framework for revealing rare bacterial species in the gut microbiome through guided data transformation: Beyond enterotypes

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract The gut microbiota is increasingly recognized as a rich source of biological data that offers critical information on host health, including information on pathological conditions such as cancer, diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Inferring host health from gut bacterial composition using statistical analytical methods remains a challenge.
David Martin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonclassical Measurement Error in Farmland Markets with Implications for Ricardian Analysis

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Nonclassical measurement error threatens the validity of empirical economic models. We examine the extent to which land value measures that are commonly used in studies of the US farmland market are subject to nonclassical measurement error. We consider differences in county‐level land values from two popular data sources: (1) self‐reported ...
Daniel P. Bigelow, Margaret Jodlowski
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the role of spatial externalities in the survival of Italian innovative startups

open access: yesRegional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The paper provides novel empirical evidence about the effects of spatial externalities on the survival of innovative startups in Italy. Using geocoded firm‐level data, we build micro‐geographic measures of specialization and diversity that are robust to the modifiable areal unit problem.
Diego Giuliani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inequality in Croatia in the period from 1973 to 1998 [PDF]

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This paper explores the changes in inequality in Croatia during the period 1973-1998. The results based on the data from the Household Budget Surveys for 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988 and 1998 indicate that overall income inequality decreased in the 1973-1983 ...
Danijel Nestic
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Xs we share: Context similarity, culture, and the diffusion of populism

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Do populist ideas travel across borders? Anecdotal evidence suggests as much, yet so far we lack a systematic assessment of whether diffusion takes place, and if so under which conditions. We argue that context similarity enables the diffusion of populism among parties as it eases the adaption of populist framing of perceived grievances into ...
Nina Wiesehomeier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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