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A Comparative Note on the Reliability of Inequality Indicator Estimates

open access: yesInternational Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary The importance of accurate measurement of economic or social inequality is generally accepted. Estimators of its most popular measure, the Gini coefficient, are commonly criticised for becoming increasingly imprecise for increasingly skewed distributions and small to moderate samples, i.e., two phenomena that we face more frequently today. More
Silvia Scarpa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Political Polarization and Consensus in the US Congress: An Analysis of Policy Issues and Institutional Factors (1991–2020)

open access: yesInternational Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how different policy issues and institutional factors influence the strength of political consensus and polarized voting in the United States (US) Congress between 1991 and 2020. Utilising the Jordan Tama important congressional votes dataset, the analysis investigates the impact of external factors, such as foreign trade ...
Binda Godlove Aka   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A double‐blind randomized controlled trial of personalized upper‐alpha neurofeedback in children with ADHD

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Neurofeedback (NF) is a nonpharmacological approach for ADHD, but standard protocols often overlook individual EEG variability, potentially limiting efficacy. We report the first double‐blind randomized controlled trial of a session‐adaptive individualized upper‐alpha NF protocol in children with ADHD, based on individualized 1/f + alpha ...
Yuliang Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unequal and Unstable: Income Inequality and Bank Risk

open access: yesJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract We present a model in which income inequality interacts with banks' risk‐taking incentives, generating financial instability. Competition and deposit insurance cause some banks to lend to lower‐income borrowers at underpriced rates, creating “risky banks” that fail in downturns, while others lend to higher‐income borrowers and avoid default ...
YULIYAN MITKOV, ULRICH SCHÜWER
wiley   +1 more source

Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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