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Toxic Lead Pigment Exports From Rich to Poor Countries
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lead poisoning affects one in three children globally, with large but neglected impacts on health and education. One important source of exposure is the use of lead as a pigment in the form of lead chromates, in paints, plastics, and even food. Lead chromates are toxic and safe alternatives exist: Its continued use is effectively prohibited in
Rory Todd +2 more
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Dutch Disease Scare in Kazakhstan: Is it real? [PDF]
In this paper we explore the evidence that would establish that Dutch disease is at work in, or poses a threat to, the Kazakh economy. Assessing the mechanism by which fluctuations in the price of oil can damage non-oil manufacturing—and thus long-term ...
Balazs Egert, Carol S. Leonard
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Neither exit nor voice : loyalty as a survival strategy for the Uzbeks in Kazakhstan [PDF]
The June 2010 conflict between the Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities in southern Kyrgyzstan once again demonstrated the complexity of the ethnic question in Central Asia.
Oka, Natsuko
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Food, Affluence and the Consumption Basket*
Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, EarlyView.There are significant disparities across nations in incomes and spending. For example, consumers in the poorest countries spend more than half of their income on food, while in the richest, this is one‐tenth or less. We use data from the International Comparison Program for 176 countries to estimate cross‐country demand equations focusing on food and ...
Hai Long Vo, Kenneth W. Clements
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Articulating Shala Qazaq in America: Chronotopes and Language Ideologies in Central Asian Kazakh Families [PDF]
Munira Kairat, Amy Kyratzis
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Audit Quality From a Service Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review
Accounting Perspectives, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Audit quality is a multidimensional and latent construct that researchers struggle to evaluate and interpret. This paper follows an interdisciplinary approach by systematically reviewing the literature on audit quality evaluation from a service quality perspective.
Lise Muriel Botha +3 more
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The ISCIP Analyst, Volume VI, Issue 16 [PDF]
This repository item contains a single issue of The ISCIP Analyst, an analytical review journal published from 1996 to 2010 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and ...
Schwartzman, Luba +6 more
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Tax Planning Under Pressure: The Impact of Carbon Emissions Management Post‐Paris Agreement
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how the Paris Agreement affects corporate tax planning across a global data set. We find that emissions‐reducing firms are associated with higher levels of tax planning than nonemissions‐reducing firms. The effect is stronger for firms facing tighter cost pass‐through constraints, such as operating in more competitive markets, with ...
Aonan (Sistine) Sun +3 more
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Russian and Caspian hydrocarbons: energy supply stakes for the European Union [PDF]
The crisis between Russia and Georgia in August 2008 highlights the fragility and instability of transporting gas from the Caspian and Central Asia to Europe via the "Caucasus transit corridor".
Catherine Locatelli
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