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Now, Again and Again: The Metaphysics of Many Presents

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper discusses whether there can be multiple present moments. After presenting some reasons for thinking that the question is worthwhile, I challenge several objections to its possibility: worries about the exclusivity of tense; the nature of change, tense logic and semantics; and the apparent tension between multiple presents and an ...
Nikk Effingham
wiley   +1 more source

'Nothing to lose or a world to win': Reconsidering efficacy, legitimacy, political trust and repression in confrontational collective action. [PDF]

Br J Soc Psychol
Uysal MS, Drury J, Acar YG.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Power of Renewal: Status Quo Bias Impacts Voter Approval of School Spending Referendums

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract Status quo bias often impacts decisions about private goods and is hypothesized to influence voter choice. This paper offers a clean, direct, real‐world test of status quo bias's effect on voter support for school spending. We take advantage of a unique Minnesota rule that requires ballot language to disclose and distinguish between new and ...
Corey Lang, Rachel Ricchio
wiley   +1 more source

When democracies coerce their health professionals: institutional constraints and policy outcomes across four jurisdictions. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Kim MS, Kang D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Resilience as a Fiscal Input: County Financial Condition in an Open Systems Framework

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how community resilience shapes local fiscal health by integrating the Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities (BRIC) into an open‐systems framework of public finance. Using financial data from U.S. counties for fiscal years 2016 and 2021, we examined whether the six BRIC domains explain variation in operating ...
Jungmin Hwang, Junghwa Choi, Sojin Jang, Craig S. Maher   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EUPopLink Country report - Serbia. [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Lazarevic A, Markovic A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unintended Consequences of Fiscal Governance Rules on the Long‐Term Financial Position of State Governments

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fiscal governance rules are viewed as prudent tools that promote balanced budgets, lower tax burdens, and ensure modest use of long‐term debt. However, these rules can create incentives that inadvertently worsen the government's long‐term financial position. Focusing on unfunded retiree benefits and long‐term debt, this study finds that states
Sharon N. Kioko
wiley   +1 more source

Braking and Exiting: Referendum Games, European Integration and the Road to the UK's Brexit Vote. [PDF]

Polit Stud Rev
Ganderson J, Kyriazi A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rethinking Local Choice: Experimental Evidence on Taxpayer Sentiment and Public School Funding

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxpayers often have conflicting views on what constitutes fair taxation and how tax revenues should be allocated. We work with Vermont legislators on the policy concern of sentiment in a property tax setting, given the Vermont Supreme Court ruling around the principle of educational equality.
Edward N. Gamble, Richard G. Vanden Bergh, Thomas Chittenden   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Public Administrators in Building a Robust Liberal Democracy

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After decades of expansion, liberal democracy is threatened by autocratic populists. These actors exploit widening gaps between leaders and citizens, as well as growing political polarization in the population, to consolidate executive power by undermining courts, sidelining elected assemblies, discrediting public administrators, and ...
Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing
wiley   +1 more source