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Russian Astronomical Sites on the World Heritage List
The UNESCO World Heritage List includes natural or human-made sites that have cultural, historical, or ecological significance, as determined by UNESCO experts.
O.B. Dluzhneskaya, I.V. Kuznetsova
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract In multiuse areas outside formal protection, sustaining both wildlife and people is critical to wildlife conservation and coexistence efforts. Botswana's Kalahari hosts one of sub‐Saharan Africa’s largest unprotected areas supporting free‐ranging wildlife.
Marie‐Charlotte Gielen +7 more
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The change of the name of the Russian language in Russian from Rossiiskii to Russkii : did politics have anything to do with it? [PDF]
, 2012 During the 1830s and 1840s the official Russian name of the Russian language changed from Rossiiskii to Russkii. Prior to this the names of the country and of its language were directly related (Rossiia – Rossiiskii), while today they remain disjointed ...
Kamusella, Tomasz +2 more
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Script Reform, Human Capital and Social Change: Evidence From Uzbekistan's Latin Alphabet Transition
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Script reforms are common nation‐building tools, yet rigorous evidence on their effects is scarce. This paper examines Uzbekistan's transition from Cyrillic to Latin script, mandated in 1993 and implemented in schools from 1996. I study heterogeneous effects across initial conditions using a difference‐in‐differences design that exploits ...
Angelina Nazarova
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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson +2 more
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Five Texts on the Topic of Difficult Heritage in the Russian Language.
Serikova A. Five Texts on the Topic of Difficult Heritage in the Russian Language. Трудное наследие | Difficult heritage.
Serikova, Anastasiia
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Intangible Cultural Heritage Strategy
, 2008 Intangible Cultural Heritage Strategy developed by Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and ...
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
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The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.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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Reputation and Asset Prices: Evidence From Trump Real Estate
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of brand reputation on asset prices by exploiting the prominence of Donald Trump in Manhattan real estate. Our quasi‐experiment identifies a 14.5% discount to condominiums in Trump‐branded buildings after controversies surrounding Trump's presidential candidacy began in June 2015 up to 2022.
Marlene Koch, Simon Stehle, Rémi Vivès
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Religiosity and Debt Maturity: International Evidence
Financial Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the association between country‐level religiosity and corporate debt maturity. We develop competing predictions reflecting creditor‐ and borrower‐side channels through which religiosity may favor either shorter or longer maturity. Using 407,399 firm‐year observations from 56 countries and territories over 1996–2021, we find
Xingyu Chen +4 more
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