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Prediction of Energy Consumption and Energy Savings in an Urban Vertical Farm Benchmark
Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.This research conducted a comprehensive energy consumption analysis of a vertical farm benchmark integrating cultivation, storage, transportation and office functions. It proposed the adoption of small‐scale wind turbines to reduce energy expenditure, hence addressing various sustainability development goals.
Simeng Xie +2 more
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Corruption and Political Competition [PDF]
There is a growing evidence that political corruption is often closely associated with the rent seeking activities of special interest groups. This paper examines the nature of the interaction between the lobbying activities of special interest groups ...
Erkan Yalcin, Richard Damania
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Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
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Energy Lobbying in the Decision-Making Process of the European Union
Studia EuropejskieLobbying is part of social life and constitutes an informal path of influencing politics at the national and international levels. The EU is a prime example of an organisation wherein Member States act as lobbyists trying to influence EU policy. The energy
Ewelina Kochanek
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Submission to standards committee consultation on lobbying the Scottish Parliament, 28 February [PDF]
, 2001 The Stirling Media Research Institute has been engaged in an ongoing programme of research into the public relations and lobbying industry in Scotland, the UK and Europe since 1996 . We have been encouraged by the Standards Committee's recognition of the
Dinan, W. +2 more
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Exploring Differences Between Similarly Structured State Higher Education Governing Agencies
New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research examining state higher education governing agencies often focuses on their centralization of authority and structure as key differentiating factors (e.g., consolidated governing agencies vs. coordinating boards vs. planning/regulatory agencies).
Paul G. Rubin, Lucas N. English
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Informational Lobbying under the Shadow of Political Pressure [PDF]
We examine the incentives of an interest group to provide verifiable policy-relevant information to a political decision-maker and to exert political pressure on her. We show that both lobbying instruments are interdependent.
Matthias Dahm, Nicolas Porteiro
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Service Work as Lived Experience: A Problematizing Review
Human Resource Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between employee burnout and growing recruitment challenges, a systemic crisis confronts the service industry. One reason lies in the scope of received human resource management (HRM) approaches, which often emphasize organizational performance metrics at the expense of the emotional, social, and material experiences of doing frontline service
Kushagra Bhatnagar +2 more
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The Larger the Better? The Role of Interest-Group Size in Legislative Lobbying [PDF]
We develop a model of legislative lobbying where policy proposals are endogenous. We show that a policy proposer with preferences tilted towards one lobby may be induced by an increase in that interest group's size to propose policies geared towards the ...
Maik T. Schneider
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of regulatory controls on Bitcoin's excess returns and volatility. The paper innovates by proxying changes in the regulatory environment using global Google search volume intensity data. The generated regulatory indices accurately identify episodes of regulatory tightening within cryptocurrency markets.
Robert Mullings
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