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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dynamic is especially pronounced in Internet governance, which faces a complex interplay of domestic laws, state interdependence, and heightened ...
Alison Harcourt
wiley   +1 more source

Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System

Media and Communication
This article explores the complex, multi-layered mechanisms of internet censorship in China, emphasizing its role as both a tool of control over public engagement and a mechanism for elites to disconnect themselves from spaces of public scrutiny, and ...
Kun He, Scott A. Eldridge II, Marcel Broersma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Competing Demographic Drivers of Hospital Expenditures: Coexistence of the Red Herring and the Steepening Effects

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The fiscal sustainability of healthcare systems is increasingly strained by aging populations with two competing hypotheses dominating the literature. The Red Herring Hypothesis suggests that healthcare expenditures are driven more by proximity to death than by chronological age, while the Steepening Hypothesis examines whether expenditures ...
Malene Kallestrup‐Lamb, Alexander O. K. Marin, Jes Søgaard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

INTERNET CENSORSHIP BY LAW: A CHALLENGE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THAILAND

UUM Journal of Legal Studies, 2014
In Thailand, at present, content on the Internet is subject to a legal regulatory framework. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) takes a leading role in enforcing the Computer-Related Crime Act 2007 to censor content on the ...
Jompon Pitaksantayothin
doaj   +5 more sources

Is remote measurement a better assessment of internet censorship than expert analysis? Analyzing tradeoffs for international donors and advocacy organizations of current data and methodologies

Data & Policy, 2023
Donor organizations and multilaterals require ways to measure progress toward the goals of creating an open internet, and condition assistance on recipient governments maintaining access to information online.
Terry Fletcher, Andria Hayes-Birchler
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic Delay and Bargaining Over Public Insurance Coverage for Drugs in Australia

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public funding for pharmaceuticals often follows repeated negotiation between manufacturers and a public agency, yet little empirical work examines how the timing of agreement reflects the economic structure of these interactions. Using a duration model of negotiations in Australia from 2005 to 2018, we assess whether observed patterns of ...
Jing Jing Li, Anthony Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Networked Creativity on the Censored Web 2.0: Chinese Users’ Twitter-based Activities on the Issue of Internet Censorship [PDF]

Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 2015
In most of the world, the current trend in information technology is for open data movement that promotes transparency and equal access. An opposite trend is observed in China, which has the world’s largest Internet population.
Weiai Wayne Xu, Miao Feng
doaj   +1 more source

Need of Internet Control and Censorship

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology, 2023
The internet has become an essential tool for communication, information sharing, and economic growth. However, the prevalence of harmful content and illegal activities has led to debates on the need for internet control or censorship. This paper investigates the need for internet control or censorship and discusses the various types of control or ...
null Kartik Gangadhar Kanchan, null Gauri Ansurkar   +1 more
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A cost‐effectiveness analysis of breast cancer treatment in certified versus non‐certified hospitals in Germany

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? This study is the first to quantify the cost‐effectiveness of breast cancer treatment in German Cancer Society‐certified hospitals using real‐world data from over 140,000 patients. Analysis on certification‐related costs and survival outcomes demonstrates that high‐quality multidisciplinary care at certified hospitals delivers substantial ...
Min‐Wai Lwin, Olaf Schoffer, Christoph Streissnig, Pauline Wimberger, Michael Gerken, Veronika Bierbaum, Christoph Bobeth, Martin Rößler, Patrik Dröge, Thomas Ruhnke, Christian Günster, Kees Kleihues‐van Tol, Theresa Link, Anton Scharl, Elisabeth C. Sturm‐Inwald, Karin Kast, Thomas Papathemelis, Olaf Ortmann, Monika Klinkhammer‐Schalke, Jochen Schmitt, Michael Schlander   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brexit and Its Impact on EU Financial Markets

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of Brexit on volatility spillovers across the EU countries. We introduce a Brexit intensity measure that assigns an intensity score reflective of the financial markets' reaction to the events that occurred as Brexit negotiations began to unfold.
Marwan Izzeldin, Gulnur Muradoglu, Vasileios Pappas, Sheeja Sivaprasad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source