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Rendezvous in Space: Tech Diplomacy and the Commercial Space Era—A Study of Rendezvous and Docking Technologies and Space Exploration Co‐Operation Since the Cold War

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On‐orbit rendezvous and docking constitute one of the most technically challenging activities in the history of space activities. As space endeavours mature to crewed missions, space rendezous and docking technologies (RDT) emerge as an area of technological innovation critical to advances in future crewed space exploration.
Nikita Chiu, Markus Kornprobst
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The Dynamics of Reform of India’s Federal System [PDF]

This paper analyzes the process of reform of India’s federal system, with a focus on fiscal federalism. We first summarize the basic features of, and recent reforms in intergovernmental relations, including the role of political institutions, assignments
Singh, Nirvikar
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Looking beyond conventional intergovernmental fiscal frameworks: Principles, realities, and neglected issues [PDF]

, 2016
Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental fiscal relations reform have become nearly ubiquitous in developing countries. Performance, however, has often been disappointing in terms of both policy formulation and outcomes.
Smoke, Paul J.
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Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The second Trump administration poses an existential challenge to many international organizations (IOs), putting them at risk of no longer being able to perform their core functions. Compared to the first term, the scope of America First is much wider and the speed much faster.
Hylke Dijkstra
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I. El Funcionamiento del Federalismo Fiscal Argentino II. Nota sobre el Financiamiento de las Municipalidades y la “Tasa de Abasto”. [PDF]

In this paper the main issues of the fiscal federalism in Argentina are reviewed. The conflicts arising from the intergovernmental fiscal relations have not had an adequate solution along the time. The redesign requires an emphasis on the marginal fiscal
Alberto Porto
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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Beyond Gaps and Imbalances: Re-Structuring the Debate on Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations [PDF]

How do we know whether a country suffers from vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI)? What should be done about it? Academic appreciation of these issues in general, and the nature of political behaviour in particular, both have major implications for the way ...
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
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Multilevel Fiscal Governance in a Balanced Policy Environment [PDF]

The most desirable system of allocations should avoid effi ciency losses, resulting from either fi nancial dependency, or subnational fi scal operations by striking a balance between fi scal autonomy and reliance on federal transfers of SNGs.fiscal ...
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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Globalization, internal migration, and public goods provision in emerging economies

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Globalization can introduce new employment opportunities to emerging economies in multinational corporations and exporting firms. Who is best positioned to benefit, and what are the political consequences for “left behind” areas? We argue that primarily advantaged groups seize these opportunities through internal migration toward centers of ...
Benjamin Helms, Junghyun Lim
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