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Quid Pro Quo? Private Information Flows in Shareholder Activism: Evidence from Mutual Fund Families

Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper hypothesizes that information flows from target firms to large shareholders during activist campaigns and that these flows have governance consequences. Focusing on actively managed mutual fund families, we find that informed trading by large‐holding fund families increases during activist campaigns relative to smaller‐holding fund ...
EUNJEE KIM, HAI PHAM
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Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison staff. Although substances enter prisons in many ways, staff drug smuggling represents a consistent problem facing correctional institutions globally. We draw on 131 interviews with correctional officers (COs) working in four Western Canadian prisons to ...
William J. Schultz, Sandra M. Bucerius, Kevin D. Haggerty   +2 more
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Beyond health protection: Estimating the impact of public health insurance on home‐based livestock raising in rural China

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Livestock often serves as self‐insurance against health shocks for rural households in developing countries. However, little is known about how public health insurance affects livestock production decisions. This paper fills the gap by examining the impact of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on household‐level livestock ...
Ran Li
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[Formula: see text] graded discrete Lax pairs and Yang-Baxter maps. [PDF]

Proc Math Phys Eng Sci, 2017
Fordy AP, Xenitidis P.
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Reviewing fast or slow: A theory of summary reversal in the judicial hierarchy

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Appellate courts with discretionary dockets have multiple ways to review lower courts. We develop a formal model that evaluates the trade‐offs between “full review”—which features full briefing, oral arguments, and signed opinions—versus “quick review,” where a higher court can summarily reverse a lower court. We show that having the option of
Alexander V. Hirsch, Jonathan P. Kastellec, Robin A. Taboni   +2 more
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1165. Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench (Compositae: Heliantheae: Zinniinae) is described and illustrated with a colour plate and black and white text figure. An introduction to the history of the appearance of this species in the Magazine appears in brief, together with comments on the treatment of the genus, and the available generic revisions.
Nicholas Hind, Masumi Yamanaka, Naoko Yasue   +2 more
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From one to infinity: symmetries of integrable systems

Journal of High Energy Physics
Integrable systems constitute an essential part of modern physics. Traditionally, to approve a model is integrable one has to find its infinitely many symmetries or conserved quantities.
S. Y. Lou, Man Jia
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1162. Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Riddell) G.L. Nesom

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Riddell) G.L. Nesom (Compositae: Astereae: Symphyotrichinae) is described and illustrated. A very brief biographical note of John Leonard Riddell, the collector and author of the species, is offered. Notes are provided for the species' cultivation, propagation, likely pests and diseases, and availability.
Nicholas Hind, Deborah Lambkin
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1163. Heterotheca camporum (Greene) Shinners

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Heterotheca camporum (Greene) Shinners (Compositae: Astereae: Chrysopsidinae) is described and illustrated. Notes are provided for the species' cultivation, propagation, likely pests and diseases, and availability. A full synonymy is given, along with type citations and known presence of type material, together with relevant notes.
Nicholas Hind, Christabel King
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1166. Helianthus occidentalis Riddell

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Helianthus occidentalis Riddell (Compositae: Heliantheae: Helianthinae) is described and illustrated. The species' placement in the genus is commented on, as are the differences in infrageneric placement of the other species Heiser originally grouped H. occidentalis with.
Nicholas Hind, Christabel King
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