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Restricted Tweedie stochastic block models
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract The stochastic block model (SBM) is a widely used framework for community detection in networks, where the network structure is typically represented by an adjacency matrix. However, conventional SBMs are not directly applicable to an adjacency matrix that consists of nonnegative zero‐inflated continuous edge weights.
Jie Jian, Mu Zhu, Peijun Sang
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Immigration, Public Opinion, and the Italian Political System
, 2012 Once again in 2011 the immigration issue occupied a central position in the Italian political system. Even in a year in which economic questions captured much of the attention of the principal actors (the institutions, political parties, media and public opinion), this issue managed to remain a constant presence on the public agenda.
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Capital mobility and financial repression in Italy, 1960-1990 : a public finance perspective [PDF]
, 2003 After significant headway towards liberalization of capital movements in the early 1960s, European governments resorted massively to capital controls in the turmoil of the demise of the Bretton Woods system.
Battilossi, Stefano
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Cross Ranking of Cities and Regions: Population vs. Income
, 2015 This paper explores the relationship between the inner economical structure of communities and their population distribution through a rank-rank analysis of official data, along statistical physics ideas within two techniques.
Ausloos, Marcel, Cerqueti, Roy
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental conflicts are increasing as is interest in ways they can be managed. However, evaluations of Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) processes based on direct observation remain scarce, despite ECR existing for over half a century.
Callum Leavey‐Wilson +2 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Motivated by the growing attention and concerns surrounding climate change and the potential role of institutional investors' ownership concentration (OC) in reducing corporations' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this article explores the relationship between various forms of institutional ownership and firms' GHG emission intensity. To do so,
Daniele Giordino +3 more
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Industrial Sustainability Policies: Systematic Literature Review and Research Directions
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public policies for industrial sustainability have proliferated in recent years, leading to a significant increase in research on the topic. Nevertheless, these studies remain fragmented, and a holistic, up‐to‐date map of research integrating current knowledge from the definition of the agenda setting and policy design to policy evaluation ...
Nunzia Zecchillo +2 more
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The political consequences of the Italian mixed electoral system (1994-2001)
Análise Social, 2003 The article deals with the impact of the new Italian electoral system introduced in 1993 for the election of the two houses of parliament. The aspects analysed include the format of the party system, that is, the number of units that enter the competition and the number of units that achieve representation through that competition, and the dynamics of ...
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Ngos' Contributions to Innovation: Innovation Enablers or Lead Innovators?
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) engage with innovation processes. Drawing on a comparative case study of two NGOs working in water sustainability, the paper analyses NGO involvement across seven stages of the innovation process.
Maria Cristina Pietronudo +3 more
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Reconfiguration of the Italian Party System, 2013–2018: A Two-Stage Political Earthquake?
, 2018 The Italian election of 2018 has been described by many as a ‘political earthquake’ with effects so destructive they have been felt abroad, especially in Brussels. When elections provide outcomes that are particularly shocking, political commentators and academics often deploy the term ‘electoral earthquake’ to capture the nature of the impact. Indeed,
Enrico Calossi, Lorenzo Cicchi
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