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Remotely too equal: Popular DMSP night‐time lights data understate spatial inequality
Abstract Regional science and economics studies increasingly use the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) night‐time lights data to measure spatial inequality. These DMSP data are a poor proxy in this context because of their spatially mean‐reverting errors, which yield significantly lower inequality estimates than what subnational GDP data ...
Xiaoxuan Zhang +2 more
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Looking through a policy window with tinted glasses: Setting the agenda for U.S. AI policy
Abstract The policy agenda is currently being established for artificial intelligence (AI), a domain marked by complex and sweeping implications for economic transformation tempered by concerns about social and ethical risks. This article reviews the United States national AI policy strategy through extensive qualitative and quantitative content ...
Daniel S. Schiff
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Global indicators and AI policy: Metrics, policy scripts, and narratives
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a global policy issue that is actively governed by international actors producing governance indicators. This article argues that despite the arguments about disruptions to governance and policy due to AI, the global rankings increasingly constitute a strong path dependence on AI policy, leading to ...
Tero Erkkilä
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Ecological and economic implications of alternative metrics in biodiversity offset markets
Abstract Policy tools are needed that allow reconciliation of human development pressures with conservation priorities. Biodiversity offsetting can be used to compensate for ecological losses caused by development activities. Landowners can choose to undertake conservation actions, including habitat restoration, to generate biodiversity offsets ...
Katherine Hannah Simpson +4 more
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Systemic Dynamics of Policy Change: Overcoming Some Blind Spots of Punctuated Equilibrium Theory
In this article, we analyze dynamics of policy change from the perspective of Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET). In particular, we investigate how economic crises impact on patterns of policy change in policy areas that vary in terms of their proximity to economic matters: social, environmental, and morality policy. We make two contributions.
Xavier Fernández‐i‐Marín +3 more
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Abstract Although the policy performance field acknowledges the importance of adopting a long‐term decision making perspective to attain more sustainable policy outcomes, it overlooks the way in which sustainable governance conditions and policy performance relate to each other.
Giulia Bazzan +2 more
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The influence of democracy, governance and government policies on the COVID‐19 pandemic mortality
Abstract The paper analyses the determinants of mortality during the Corona pandemic. In a first step, possible causes are subjected to a global comparison.The focus is on political, institutional, economic, demographic and health policy factors. It is shown that, contrary to the assumption, democratic countries have a higher Covid‐19 mortality.
Uwe Wagschal
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Abstract Despite seven decades of development of the European Union project, on 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom, Europe and the rest of the world were surprised when the Leave campaign won the Brexit referendum, offering an extraordinary case study for researchers.
Diana Gutiérrez‐Posada +2 more
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Experiências de pais de crianças com paralisia cerebral e terapeutas no programa individualizado. Resumo Objetivo Compreender as percepções das famílias e terapeutas sobre a sua participação em um programa domiciliar individualizado via telessaúde implementado para crianças e adolescentes com paralisia cerebral (PC) durante a pandemia da COVID‐19 no ...
Rachel Oliveira +5 more
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ABSTRACT Ghana faces a persistent infrastructure financing gap, prompting the exploration of alternative funding models such as Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), green bonds, and blended finance instruments. This study uses macroeconomic and sectoral indicators as proxies to evaluate the long‐term impact of these models on economic performance in ...
Samuel Kojo Aidoo +1 more
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