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Towards Behavioral Political Economy of Institutional Change: With Field Facts from China [PDF]
, 2014 This study proposes an analytical framework towards behavioral political economy of institutional change. It considers institutional changes as central government's choices under uncertainty, which are largely driven by the strategic outcomes in a ...
Wang, Mei, Zhang, Yongjing
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Actions, Institutions, Powers: Preliminary Notes [PDF]
, 2002 In this paper we analyse some logical notions relevant for representing the dynamics of institutionalised organisations. In particular, some well-known action concepts introduced in the Kanger-Lindahl-Porn logical theory of agency are discussed and ...
Gelati, Jonathan +3 more
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, 2014 This infographic displays key facts and figures about Gettysburg College\u27s institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College, as of 5/31/14 (end of fiscal year)
Wertzberger, Janelle
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Strong Managers and Passive Institutional Investors in the UK: Stylized Facts [PDF]
The first striking feature is that ownership of the average UK company is diffuse: a coalition of at least eight shareholders is required to reach an absolute majority of voting rights.
Goergen, M., Renneboog, L.D.R.
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Appellate adjudication between legal reasoning and social engineering : comparative observations regarding Germany, England and the United States [PDF]
, 2012 Law making becomes an increasingly important function of the higher courts in civil law matters. This observation leads to the question of whether the law making function is nevertheless carried out in a “classical” legal-principled way or whether the ...
Maultzsch, Felix
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A Scientific and Socioecononic Review of Betel Nut Use in Taiwan with Bioethical Reflections [PDF]
, 2017 This article addresses the ethics of betel nut use in Taiwan. It first presents scientific facts about the betel quid and its consumption and the generally accepted negative health consequences associated with its use: oral and esophageal cancer ...
Sem, Geoffrey +3 more
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Informal Sector: The Credit Market Channel [PDF]
We build a model of firms’ choice between formality and informality. Complying with costly registration procedures allows the firms to benefit from key public goods, enforcement of property rights and contracts, that make the participation in the formal ...
Stephane Straub
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The Decline in Consumer Use of Food Nutrition Labels, 1995-2006 [PDF]
This report examines changes in consumers’ use of nutrition labels on food packages between 1995-96 and 2005-06. The analysis finds that, although a majority of consumers report using nutrition labels when buying food, use has declined for most label ...
Todd, Jessica E. +1 more
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Eucharist: metaphysical miracle or institutional fact? [PDF]
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2012 Presence as ordinarily understood requires spatio-temporal proximity. If however Christ’s presence in the Eucharist is understood in this way it would take a miracle to secure multiple location and an additional miracle to cover it up so that the presence of Christ where the Eucharist was celebrated made no empirical difference.
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The Impact of the Institutions on Regional Unemployment Disparities [PDF]
The main aim of this paper is to study European regional disparities in unemployment, considering regional productive structures and some regional institutional variables.
Floro Ernesto Caroleo – Gianluigi Coppola +1 more
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