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ABSTRACT We study the effect of royal status—a historically rooted legal privilege enjoyed by hereditary monarchs and their families—on human longevity, a proxy of individuals' health capital. We disentangle the effect of royal status that encompassed serving as heads of state from that of other royal family members and compare it to their contemporary
Alberto Batinti +2 more
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A Tale of Two Cities: Australian Evidence on the Effects of Lockdown on Grocery Inflation
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on the economic implications of COVID‐19, the inflationary consequences of lockdown remain underexplored. Prior impact assessments may be compromised due to the cross‐jurisdictional presence of lockdowns and the prevalence of the coronavirus.
Chew Lian Chua, Sarantis Tsiaplias
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ABSTRACT Seed defence priming is emerging as a novel, cost‐efficient and environmentally safe tool for pest management. It has been proposed as a means to uncouple the defence‐growth trade‐off in plants by enhancing defence responses with minimal fitness costs, but the mechanisms underlying this role remain elusive.
Lucia Talavera‐Mateo +5 more
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Using Local Expert Knowledge to Measure Prices: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Vietnam
ABSTRACT Many countries lack spatially disaggregated consumer price data needed to estimate real inequality and spatial patterns of poverty. Such data are especially absent in poor countries where weak infrastructure and high transport costs create large price variation over space.
John Gibson, Trinh Le
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ABSTRACT Problematic internet use (PIU) has been linked to adverse outcomes in adolescence, but its association with child‐to‐parent violence (CPV) has rarely been examined. This study investigated whether problematic social media use and problematic gaming were associated with CPV in a school‐based sample of Swedish adolescents and young adults.
Björn Johnson +2 more
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Optimal alcohol taxes for Australia [PDF]
Objective: To estimate welfare maximising tax rates for beer, wine, and spirits using a mathematical model that considers both the welfare loss alcohol taxes impose on non-abusive consumers and the welfare gains due to alcohol taxes reducing externality ...
Fogarty, James Joseph
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Non- and low-alcoholic beer – popularity and manufacturing techniques [pdf]
Rafał Kozłowski +3 more
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Sorghum Protein: Ethanol‐Based Extraction to Improve Yield and Properties
A key barrier to expanding the use of sorghum‐based proteins is the challenge related to protein extraction and utilization via conventional methods. This work evaluated a blended solvent approach (ethanol:alkali) for protein extraction from ground, pearled sorghum and wet‐milled sorghum protein meal to improve yield and properties.
Milagros P. Hojilla‐Evangelista +1 more
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Changes in Alcohol Retail Laws and Foot Traffic at Liquor Stores
ABSTRACTWe study how expanding alcohol availability at grocery and convenience stores affects consumer traffic in liquor stores by leveraging recent changes in state‐level alcohol distribution laws in a difference‐in‐difference quasi‐experimental design.
Nathan Palardy +3 more
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