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The Impact of Impact Investing
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 We evaluate the quantitative impact of ESG divestitures. For divestitures to have impact they must change the cost of capital of affected firms. We derive a simple expression for the change in the cost of capital as a function of three inputs: (1) the fraction of socially conscious capital, (2) the fraction of targeted firms in the economy and (3) the ...
Jonathan B. Berk +1 more
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014 This paper explores ways in which the new preoccupation with “impact” – understood as “influence” beyond the academy – formalised in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) in UK universities reshapes the working conditions and practices in which contemporary anthropology and sociology are produced and, ultimately, what these disciplines are able ...
Knowles, Caroline, Burrows, Roger J
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The social costs of tropical cyclones
Nature Communications, 2023 Tropical cyclones (TCs) can adversely affect economic development for more than a decade. Yet, these long-term effects are not accounted for in current estimates of the social cost of carbon (SCC), a key metric informing climate policy on the societal ...
Hazem Krichene +5 more
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Scientific African, 2022 Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there have been heightened levels of fear worldwide. The steadily increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria as reported by the Nigerian center for Disease Control has led to different ...
Fagbemi Babafunke +9 more
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ON IMPACT AND IMPACT FACTORS [PDF]
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2018 TheInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care(IJTAHC) is part of the so-called Cambridge Core, the “home of academic content” (1). As such, not surprisingly, it is judged by standard scientific standards such as theJournal’s Impact Factor (IF). Although on the rise, there is still significant room for improvement (2).
van der Wilt, G.J., van der Wilt, G.J.
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Systematic Reviews, 2021 Background Antidepressant medicines are used to manage symptoms of low back pain. The efficacy, acceptability, and safety of antidepressant medicines for low back pain (LBP) are not clear.
Michael C. Ferraro +10 more
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African Evaluation Journal, 2020 Background: Childbirth spacing (CBS) or Family Planning (FP) methods are considered an essential component of sexual and reproductive health. It refers to the resting period between pregnancies that provides the mother with time to recuperate from ...
Adolor Aisiri +6 more
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Comparing impacts of climate change on streamflow in four large African river basins [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014 This study aims to compare impacts of climate change on streamflow in four large representative African river basins: the Niger, the Upper Blue Nile, the Oubangui and the Limpopo. We set up the eco-hydrological model SWIM (Soil and Water Integrated Model)
V. Aich +10 more
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Impact, not impact factor [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015 When the English philosopher Herbert Spencer introduced the phrase “survival of the fittest” in 1864, he could not have imagined that it would summarize the plight of young scientists years later (1). As competition for coveted faculty appointments and research funding continues to intensify, today’s researchers face relentless pressure to publish in ...
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Regions of intensification of extreme snowfall under future warming
Scientific Reports, 2021 Due to climate change the frequency and character of precipitation are changing as the hydrological cycle intensifies. With regards to snowfall, global warming has two opposing influences; increasing humidity enables intense snowfall, whereas higher ...
Lennart Quante +3 more
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