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Decentralization and political institutions [PDF]
, 2006 Does fiscal decentralization lead to more efficient governance, better public goods, and higher economic growth? This paper tests hypotheses posed by theoretical literature that the results of decentralization depend on features of political ...
Enikolopov, Ruben, Zhuravskaya, Ekatrina
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Institutions, Power, and Institutional Balance
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 Abstract Institutional balance, as opposed to strict separation of powers, characterized the disposition of legislative and executive power in the EEC from the outset. The chapter is divided into four temporal periods. The initial period runs between the Rome Treaty and the Single European Act 1986 (SEA).
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Gastric mucosal devitalization (GMD): translation to a novel endoscopic metabolic therapy
Endoscopy International Open, 2019 Background and study aims The metabolic effects of bariatric surgery may partially result from removal of the gastric mucosa, an often underappreciated endocrine organ.
Lea Fayad +10 more
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Use of Internet of Things in the context of execution of smart city applications: a review
Discover Internet of Things, 2023 The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly becoming one of the most talked-about and essential components of any digitization process. The IoT is comprised of several key necessary components, the most important of which are sensors, communication (the ...
Hari Mohan Rai +4 more
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Diagnostics, 2022 Diagnosis of pelvic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) can be challenging because of their nonspecific presentation and similarity to gynecological neoplasms. In this series, we describe the clinicopathological features of 20 GIST cases: 18 patients
Ying Liu +7 more
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Institutions and social entrepreneurship: The role of institutional voids, institutional support, and institutional configurations [PDF]
Journal of International Business Studies, 2014 We develop the institutional configuration perspective to understand which national contexts facilitate social entrepreneurship (SE). We confirm joint effects on SE of formal regulatory (government activism), informal cognitive (postmaterialist cultural values), and informal normative (socially supportive cultural norms, or weak-tie social capital ...
Stephan, Ute +2 more
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OncoImmunology, 2018 Purpose: Mucosal immunization is suggested to be crucial for controlling tumors in the mucosal region; however, therapeutic DNA vaccination with electroporation in various mucosal sites has yet to become clinically adaptable.
Jin Qiu +8 more
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BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Syphilis and gonorrhea reached an all-time high in 2018. The resurgence of syphilis and gonorrhea requires innovative methods of sexual contact tracing that encourage disclosure of same-sex sexual contacts that might otherwise be suppressed ...
Janet E. Rosenbaum +6 more
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The effect of emigration on home-country political institutions [PDF]
, 2016 The number of immigrants from developing countries living in richer, more developed countries has increased substantially during the last decades. At the same time, the quality of institutions in developing countries has also improved.
Bassoli, Matteo, Lodigiani, Elisabetta
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Institutions, infrastructure, and trade [PDF]
, 2007 We examine the influence of infrastructure, institutional quality, colonial and geographic context, and trade preferences on the pattern of bilateral trade.
Francois, J., Manchin, M.
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