Doubling Down Political Budget Cycles: The Role of State‐Owned Enterprises
ABSTRACT We study the degree and nature of political budget cycles in public investments when two instruments are available: investments by core governments and, more indirectly, by state‐owned enterprises (SOEs). While fiscal pressure on core budgets may induce politicians to shift election‐induced investments to SOEs, voters' uncertainties in clearly
Zareh Asatryan +2 more
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Multi-Omics Integration Reveals Key Genes, Metabolites and Pathways Underlying Meat Quality and Intramuscular Fat Deposition Differences Between Tibetan Pigs and Duroc × Tibetan Crossbred Pigs. [PDF]
Wu J +16 more
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Irish regional GDP since independence
Abstract This paper constructs the first long‐run estimates of Irish regional gross domestic product (GDP) over the twentieth century and traces the relative economic performance of Ireland's regions since independence. Using an array of data sources available at a county level, output in agriculture, industry, and services in benchmark census years is
Alan de Bromhead, Seán Kenny
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Gut microbiota and metabolites in lipid metabolism and intramuscular fat deposition: mechanisms and implications for meat quality. [PDF]
Song X, Jin C, Wu R, Wang Y, Wang X.
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Mechanism of Intramuscular Fat Differences in Wandong Cattle. [PDF]
He F +8 more
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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead +3 more
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Integrated lipidomics and transcriptomics to elucidate heterogeneity between intramuscular and abdominal fat and identify serum and liver markers for their differential deposition in chickens. [PDF]
Lin Z +9 more
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Structural adjustment programs : the roles of the IMF and the World Bank
Ron Duncan
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IMF Survey No.6, 2002: Volume 31, Issue 06
International Monetary Fund
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