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Performance in a variable world: using Jensen's inequality to scale up from individuals to populations. [PDF]
Conserv Physiol, 2019 Denny M.
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Spatial correlation reverses the compound effect of multiple stressors on rocky shore biofilm. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Rindi L, He J, Benedetti-Cecchi L.
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this essay, I will tell the reader about the relationship between Academia—the person, Academia—the institution, and too many female academics. Through these experiences, I will offer examples of some of the typical abuse experienced at the hands of Academia.
Steffi Siegert
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When in Doubt, Tax More Progressively? Uncertainty and Progressive Income Taxation
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the optimal income tax problem under parameter uncertainty about household preferences and wage dynamics. We derive conditions characterizing how such uncertainty affects optimal tax policy. To quantify the effect, we estimate a life‐cycle model using US data and a Bayesian approach.
Minsu Chang, Chunzan Wu
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On a Converse of Jensen's Discrete Inequality
Journal of Inequalities and Applications, 2009 We give the best possible global bounds for a form of discrete Jensen's inequality. By some examples the fruitfulness of this result is shown.
Simic Slavko
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Effective fitness under fluctuating selection with genetic drift. [PDF]
G3 (Bethesda), 2023 Song S, Zhang J.
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Pairwise Imitation and Tournament Graphs
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates strategic dynamics under the behavioral rule of pairwise interact and imitate (PII), which requires minimal information and emphasizes outperforming opponents in pairwise interactions. We characterize PII using weak tournament graphs and, for a broad class of dynamics, establish a one‐shot stability result for ...
Sung‐Ha Hwang +3 more
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Reduced plant competition among kin can be explained by Jensen's inequality. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2014 Simonsen AK, Chow T, Stinchcombe JR.
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International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.Abstract The intersection of gender, time and marginalization in organizations is evident in the challenges faced by employed mothers, particularly those who are breastfeeding. These challenges are amplified for Muslim mothers, who must navigate intersecting social identities within these structures shaped by dominant masculine norms.
Feranaaz Farista, Ameeta Jaga
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The roles of multinational enterprises in governing the sustainability of global supply chains
International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.Abstract An extensive but fragmented body of research shows that multinational enterprises (MNEs) engage with multiple sustainability rules in global supply chains (GSCs) spanning the private, social and public governance sectors. MNEs perform diverse roles by either shaping or complying with these rules.
Cristina Leone +2 more
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