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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead +3 more
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Connection men, pushers and migrant trajectories: examining the dynamics of the migration industry in Ghana and along routes into Europe and the Gulf States [PDF]
, 2019 This paper examines the inner workings and operational logic of the array of individuals, agencies, state and non-state actors, institutions and social networks that collectively make up the migration industry in Ghana.
Awumbila, Mariama +4 more
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Neuroticism Is Linked With Liberal Ideology in Young, but not Old, People in the United States
International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Polarization in the United States is partly due to a remarkable ideological divide between generations. Although substantial research has investigated why old people have become more conservative, less is known about why young people have become more liberal. The article investigates this by probing the role of neuroticism.
Francesco Rigoli
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The Reality of the Refugee Crisis in Italy: A Look into the Lives of Illegitimate Refugees and the Unofficial Organizations That Support Them [PDF]
, 2018 The words written on the United States of America’s famous Statue of Liberty, written by poet Emma Lazarus over a century ago: Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore ...
McQuirk, Cole
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Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of political connection on sanctions for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Using a sample of revealed FCPA sanctions and two alternative proxies for US firms’ political connections, we find a negative association between political connection and the severity of sanctions, an effect that ...
Kaishu Wu, Wenjia Yan
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Civil Unrest in North Africa – Risks for Natural Gas Supply? [PDF]
The uprising and military confrontation in Libya that began in February 2011 has led to disruptions of gas supplies to Europe. An analysis of how Europe has compensated for these missing gas volumes shows that this situation has not affected security of ...
Dieckhoener, Caroline, Lochner, Stefan
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Two Norms Collide: EU Policy on Fragile and Conflict‐Affected Countries
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The European Union's (EU's) policy towards fragile and conflict‐affected (FCA) countries has been framed by a normative solidarity narrative that promotes and legitimises collective action. Over the past two decades, the EU's commitment to protecting the security of its citizens has increasingly become a strong, competing normative driver of ...
Julian Bergmann, Mark Furness
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Involvement of People in the Design of Community Building in Developing Countries [PDF]
, 2013 Although public participation concept or technique to enhance and /or influence decision making is a fact of life in many governments nowadays and has been used by many industries to improve their products and increase end-users satisfaction, it is still
Alalem, Mohamed +2 more
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