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The evolution of Australian cannabis policies, 1967 to 2024

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To describe the outcomes of cannabis policy debates in Australia from 1967 to 2024. Methods We searched popular media, public reports, parliamentary inquiries and policy documents on cannabis in Australia since the 1960s and examined peer reviewed papers, national survey data and police records of cannabis‐related arrests.
Wayne D. Hall, Danielle Dawson, Ben Johnson, Tesfa M. Yimer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Democracy in schools, Dewey and the referendum on Scottish independence

Education in the North, 2017
The aim of this study was to investigate young people’s perceptions of authority, representation and their involvement in decision-making in school, beyond school and in the referendum on Scottish independence.
Rachel Shanks , Claire Molloy
doaj   +1 more source

Begetting Silvio Gesell in the Modern Economy: A Marriage of Frederick Soddy and Kenneth Boulding

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the Natural Economic Order, first published in 1916, Silvio Gesell warned against a fiat monetary system that in place of controlling the circulation of money with demurrage, sought to manage the system by accommodating demand for liquidity.
Ahmed Anwar
wiley   +1 more source

The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

Migrating to stay or commuting to work? How fairness perceptions and exposure shape attitudes toward labor migration

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing literature posits that attitudes toward immigration are shaped by the impact of migrants on native workers' wages and employment, as well as by various other material, cultural, and social concerns. However, empirically disentangling these influences can be challenging.
Lena Maria Schaffer, Gabriele Spilker
wiley   +1 more source

L'Économie d'une Écosse indépendante, de la rente pétrolière au Brexit

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2019
The SNP wants Scotland to become independent chiefly on economic grounds. Scottish politicians ought to be able to run Scotland's natural and human resources to boost growth and meet social aims. Yet in 2014 when the referendum on Scotland's independence
Edwige Camp-Pietrain
doaj   +1 more source

Catalonia's referendum on independence: clarity in uncertainty [PDF]

, 2017
It is difficult to predict how events in Catalonia will play out following the planned referendum on independence on 1 October. However, as Karlo Basta explains, the events of the last month have nevertheless provided some answers to two key questions ...
Basta, Karlo
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Private money and money market integration: The role of payments infrastructure in nineteenth‐century Switzerland

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using newly collected discount rate data for six Swiss cities from 1846 to 1893, we find no evidence of increasing integration during a 30‐year period of lightly regulated free banking. We attribute this to two structural issues: banks had incentives to ward off competitors by protecting their local monopolies or forming cartels, and there was
Daniel Kaufmann, Rebecca Stuart
wiley   +1 more source

An Unanswered or Unanswerable Question? The Scottish Parliament’s competence to legislate for an Independence Referendum for Scotland

Revista Catalana de Dret Públic, 2017
This article analyses the debates on whether the Scottish Parliament could unilaterally legislate for an independence referendum leading up to the 2014 vote, setting out first the relevant legal framework, and then highlighting the different positions ...
Elisenda Casañas Adam
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source