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Social Equity Practices in Public Financial Management: A Conceptual Review and Proposed Reforms
ABSTRACT Equity has been at the core of public finance going at least as far back as 1776 when Adam Smith included it as one of four canons of a good tax in his classic An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Tax Project Institute 2025).
John R. Bartle +2 more
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Governing the Local Digital Transformation: A European Comparative Perspective
ABSTRACT This study compares governance structures, policy formulation and implementation of administrative digitalization at the local level in three countries with different administrative traditions: France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Sabine Kuhlmann +2 more
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ABSTRACT Platform companies like Uber and Airbnb are depicted as agile policy entrepreneurs who can navigate the boundaries of regulatory frameworks and manipulate regulations to their advantage; however, recent empirical studies suggest that their capacity to influence policy depends on the particular political and institutional context.
Eliska Drapalova, Kai Wegrich
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When Regulation Travels: Distrust and Disrespect
ABSTRACT Endeavoring to avoid the pitfalls of being too trusting of regulated entities' compliance claims, regulators sometimes create regulatory systems with elaborate requirements for verification. But as these accountability and verification regimes attempt to circumvent one set of problems, they may inadvertently create others.
Carol A. Heimer
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Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
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Quantification of Direct Benefits of Functional Recovery‐Based Design for Seismic Resilience
Lessons from recent major earthquakes have shown that current life‐safety‐centered seismic design practice falls short in ensuring a desirable post‐hazard recovery. Extensive economic losses, high demolition rates, and long recovery have signified a gap between design targets and society's expectations of seismic performance of code‐compliant buildings.
Kasra Habibi +3 more
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In a cohort of IBS‐D patients recruited to the TRITON study, faecal metabolomic profiling reveals a SCFA‐enriched metabotype associated with increased pain and urgency, altered stool characteristics and accelerated intestinal transit. ABSTRACT Background Metabolomic analysis in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has identified metabotypes enriched in ...
T. E. Conley +8 more
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Corporate Sponsoring of the Council Presidency: A Research Agenda
Abstract Member states holding the Council Presidency routinely seek corporate sponsors. Typically, these sponsors offer free or discounted goods and services, such as food, beverages, cell phones, software or a car fleet in exchange for being labelled an official partner or sponsor of the Presidency.
Gijs Jan Brandsma, Reinout van der Veer
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e‐Government Adoption in Ghana: Structural Conditions and Employee Affective Orientation
ABSTRACT Globally, technological innovations are driving governments towards e‐government adoption. Digitization efforts have met with more resistance and challenges in the Global South context due to high levels of financial, logistical, and technical constraints.
Sandy Zook +3 more
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ABSTRACT Disability support has shifted towards models of personalised care, which critics argue may contribute to increased inequalities. There is limited systematic evidence investigating inequalities in support among children with disabilities. To investigate inequalities in support, a survey of parents of children with disabilities aged 2–17 was ...
Martin O'Flaherty +2 more
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