Symbols of Climate Action: Audit Labor and the Production of Carbon Credits
ABSTRACT Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are promoted as tools for financing climate mitigation, yet their effectiveness and credibility remain contested. This article examines how carbon credits are produced and destabilized as symbols of climate action, emphasizing the forms of ecological and audit labor that sustain their legitimacy.
Diego Silva Garzón
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Discovering mythorealism: A corpus stylistic analysis of Yan Lianke's novels in English. [PDF]
Zhang Y, Zhao C.
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Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below
ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
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Health economics in Africa: historical perspectives, current challenges, and policy recommendations for sustainable healthcare financing and resource allocation. [PDF]
Otorkpa OJ, Musa AU, Umar AP.
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Hatching and fledging? A meta‐analysis of the performance effects of business incubators
Abstract Research Summary Business incubators are among the most widely implemented instruments to foster entrepreneurship. Yet empirical evidence on their effectiveness remains fragmented and often contradictory. Limited research systematically compares how different types of incubators influence multiple venture performance outcomes, including ...
Jorge‐Vinicio Murillo‐Rojas +2 more
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Political legitimacy after the pits: Corruption narratives and labour power in a former coalmining town in England. [PDF]
Hilhorst S.
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Information‐seeking lobbying and strategic stockpiling under trade policy uncertainty
Abstract Research Summary This study investigates how firms engage in information‐seeking lobbying to address trade policy uncertainty. I argue that lobbying enables firms to gain early insights into forthcoming tariff actions, allowing them to strategically stockpile products likely to be targeted. Using shipping records of US firms during the 2018 US–
Bo Yang
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Authoritarianism in youth social life: systematic literature review (2015-2025). [PDF]
Troncoso-Tejada G +4 more
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Abstract Research Summary We study an important, but largely overlooked, non‐market strategy used by firms in the enforcement stage of policy: “snitching,” that is, providing intelligence about potential violations of their rivals in an attempt to persuade regulators to fine them.
Benjamin Barber IV +2 more
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Abstract Research Summary Do multinational enterprises from developed (DMNEs) and emerging (EMNEs) economies differ in their price discrimination strategies in Sub‐Saharan Africa? Using an abductive approach, we analyze novel data from laundry detergent markets in Cameroon, Ghana, and Ivory Coast, where frugal products are widely consumed. We find that,
Arzi Adbi +2 more
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