Abstract Agricultural subsidies can be an effective policy tool to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. This paper assesses the effectiveness of a second‐best hypothetical policy which subsidizes additional canola hectares optimally for each soil zone in Saskatchewan in an effort to increase soil organic carbon.
Devin A. Serfas
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Global risk pooling mitigates financial risk from drought in hydropower-dependent countries. [PDF]
Cuppari RI, Pavelsky TM, Characklis GW.
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Mitigating tough times? How material self‐interest influences citizens' welfare state behavior
Abstract It is a long‐standing view that citizens support the welfare state because it provides insurance against future income losses. However, existing studies have struggled to isolate the effect of future‐oriented material self‐interest from normative and political predispositions.
Matias Engdal Christensen
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Household satisfaction with community-based health insurance scheme and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a mixed method approach. [PDF]
Kanea FA, Woldeyohannes FW, Derese TN.
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The effect of real‐news party cues
Abstract News media routinely offer cues about the stances of party elites, but to what extent do these cues shape the policy opinions of the public? While numerous experiments find that partisans adopt the stances of their leaders, these findings may not generalize easily to the context of real news, which often contains richer policy information and ...
Rasmus Skytte
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Healthcare utilization for inpatient rehabilitation among people with traumatic brain injury before the introduction of the specialized rehabilitation hospital system: a nationwide retrospective cohort study. [PDF]
Bae SW, Shin J, Park WM, Kim J.
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Mitigating policy uncertainty: What financial markets reveal about firm‐level lobbying
Abstract Elections can lead to substantial policy changes and, thus, are a significant source of risk. Firms can respond to such policy uncertainty by lobbying, but it is hard to quantify whether they do so and, if so, how much lobbying benefits them. We construct a new dataset and leverage investors’ expectations of variability in stock returns in the
Kristy Buzard +2 more
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Willingness and perceived ability to pay for Uganda's proposed national health insurance scheme among informal sector workers in Iganga and Mayuge districts, Uganda: A contingent valuation method. [PDF]
Namuhani N, Kisakye AN, Kiwanuka SN.
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ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between ESG news sentiment and corporate performance through the lens of stakeholder theory. While ESG ratings face significant limitations, including measurement inconsistencies and time lags, news sentiment analysis offers insights into internal and external stakeholder responses to ESG activities.
Jeong‐Ji Han +2 more
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Will expanding catastrophic coverage eligibility increase marketplace premium affordability in 2026? [PDF]
Anderson DM, Nagy D, Drake C.
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