Trends in product characteristics of disposable e-cigarettes sold by U.S. online stores between 2022 and 2024. [PDF]
Zhang S +8 more
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Mergers in the Presence of Adverse Selection
ABSTRACT In the presence of adverse selection, mergers can increase welfare through a reduction in inefficient sorting. I characterize the sorting externality internalized between merging firms in a tractable discrete choice model. Mergers benefit consumers when the firms are small, willingness to pay is moderately increasing in cost, and consumer ...
Conor Ryan
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How to Disrupt Harmful Corporate Political Activity? Comment on "Corporate Political Activity: Taxonomies and Model of Corporate Influence on Public Policy". [PDF]
Hagenaars LL, Mackenbach JD.
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Rebuilding the Ladder? Contemporary Contests Over Industrial Policy
ABSTRACT Does the greater embrace of industrial policy globally signal the emergence of a New Washington Consensus? We show that the multiplication of industrial policies, while consequential, signals neither normalisation nor consensus. Rather, industrial policy is increasingly the object of contestation over norms and practices of state ...
Ilias Alami, Jack Taggart, Tom Chodor
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Switching from Cigarettes to Heated Tobacco Products in Japan-Potential Impact on Health Outcomes and Associated Health Care Costs. [PDF]
Mahlich J, Kamae I.
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Evolving Geopolitics and Japan's Economic Security–Trade Nexus: ‘New Capitalism’ as a Balancing Act?
ABSTRACT Amid intensifying geopolitical tensions, governments increasingly perceive economic interdependence as a strategic vulnerability. Japan, situated geopolitically between two great powers—the United States and China—attempts to navigate geopolitics by prioritising economic security.
Minako Morita‐Jaeger
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Universal health coverage in Lebanon: agenda setting using Kingdon's model and a proposed legal framework for revenue allocation. [PDF]
Mouawad J, Lteif MR, Mina W, Karam R.
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Five Principles for a New Economic Consensus
ABSTRACT This paper puts forward five principles for a new economic consensus, which could serve as a modern alternative to the Washington Consensus of 35 years ago. They are built on new ideas that have gained currency in economics over the past three decades. We also provide examples of the policies that could follow from these principles.
Timothy Besley, Andrés Velasco
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Financing of non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan. [PDF]
Neyazi N +3 more
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ABSTRACT External audits enhance the credibility of financial statements and are a cornerstone of capital market integrity. However, the growing and complex auditing literature poses challenges for researchers. This survey synthesizes and critically evaluates archival audit research published in top accounting journals from 1995 to 2025, organizing ...
Clive Lennox, Chan Li, Yiqian Wang
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