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Are Princelings Truly Busted? Evaluating Transaction Discounts in China's Land Market
Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper replicates Chen and Kung's 2019 analysis (The Quarterly Journal of Economics 134(1): 185–226). Inspecting the data reveals that nearly one‐third of transactions (388,903 out of 1,208,621) are perfect duplicates of other rows, excluding the transaction number.
Julia Manso
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Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recall delays expose consumers to prolonged risk and undermine a firm's long‐term performance and reputation. Building on agency theory's conceptualization of principal‐agent relationships, we theorize that large institutional investors play an important monitoring role wherein their ownership encourages faster recalls. We then build on agency
Jessica L. Darby +3 more
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Underground Lag: Fungal Community and Edaphic Legacies After Disturbance
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Páramos are neotropical mountain ecosystems that regulate water and store large amounts of carbon, but are increasingly degraded by agriculture and grazing. Although native vegetation often recolonizes after abandonment, belowground recovery remains poorly understood.
Wilmer Dajhan Navarrete‐López +6 more
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City of Buffalo Contracting Process: Demolition Contracts [PDF]
, 2008 At one time, bidding was centralized in the City of Buffalo (Buffalo). The centralized bidding was organized under the Department of Urban Renewal.
McMahon, Michael H
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The illegal wildlife trade represents a significant threat to biodiversity. Limited research has examined the illegal trade in succulents, plants characterized by their ability to store water in their leaves, stems or roots. The growing popularity of succulents has contributed to the emergence of illicit consumer practices.
Léanne Vincendon +2 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The societal and biophysical permeability across human‐demarcated jurisdictions within watersheds necessitates collaboration among administrative regions. The effectiveness of such collaboration is partly determined by the degree to which institutional arrangements align with underlying social and ecological interdependencies, a concept ...
Fang Wang +3 more
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Tracking Chart 2008 H&M in China (Factory 5, December) [PDF]
, 2008 The FLA uses Tracking Charts to provide the public with information about the compliance situation of individual factories - the specific problems that were found by monitors and the action taken by participating companies in response to the findings ...
Fair Labor Association
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Forests play a pivotal role in sustainability transitions. This article explores how people's relationships with forests, particularly how they care for or take care of them, shape and reflect broader tendencies and tensions in forest utilization and governance.
Jana Rebecca Holz
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Tracking Chart 2006 Puma, Thailand 07037442CV [PDF]
, 2006 This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Fair Labor Association
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Ashwagandha: Is It Safe? Part 1: A Regulatory Review
Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the last decade, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, AS) has been brought under increasing scrutiny by EU regulators regarding its safety for the use in food supplements, culminating in a recent recommendation for an Article 8 procedure according to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 in the European Union (EU).
T. Brendler +5 more
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