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Yardstick competition under fiscal and administrative asymmetries: Rent‐seeking and local cooperation

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a two‐period model to investigate how fiscal and bureaucratic asymmetries shape yardstick competition (YC), inter‐municipal cooperation (IMC), and rent‐seeking in local public service provision. Unlike previous approaches, we allow incumbents to invest in bureaucratic efficiency, influencing both service quality and ...
Antonio Cortese, Giuseppe Di Liddo, Andrea Morone   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Dengue, Vector Control, and Vaccine Acceptance Among the Mexican Population. [PDF]

Cureus
Solorzano-Santos F, Betancourt-Cravioto M, Escobedo G, Mendez-Galvan JF, Martinez-Nuñez JG, Mascareñas de Los Santos AH, Gonzalez-Roldan JF, Moreno-Espinosa S, Ramos-Castañeda J.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Immediate intraoperative detrusor muscle status at primary transurethral resection of bladder tumour: a prospective, blinded, paired cohort, feasibility study using fluorescence confocal microscopy (IB1‐LaserComplete study)

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objectives To evaluate ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy (FCM) for immediate detrusor muscle (DM) assessment during primary transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT). Patients and Methods This prospective, blinded, paired‐cohort feasibility study enrolled consecutive patients undergoing primary TURBT for suspected non‐muscle‐invasive ...
Martin J. Connor, Archana Gopalakrishnan, Nikhil Mayor, Eva Bolton, Sami Hamid, Sai Kalpitha Reddy, Tayla Perreau, Eslam Maher, Alexander Light, Samuel Morris, Jiten Jaipura, Mariana Bertoncelli Tanaka, Norma Gibbons, Archie Hughes‐Hallett, Hashim U. Ahmed, Rakesh Heer, Andrew Smith, David Hrouda, Anna Silvanto, Mona El‐Bahrawy, Mathias Winkler   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Right-Wing Populist Turn in the Conservative Party of Canada? Continuities and Ruptures Under the Leadership of Pierre Poilievre (2022-2025). [PDF]

Can Rev Sociol
Peker E, Laxer E, Vivès R.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Collective Approach to Creative Entrepreneurship: Evidence From Performing Arts Incubators

Creativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the concept of artists as creative entrepreneurs has been studied to enable artists to survive in uncertain environments, some studies have criticized this approach for focusing on individual artists, which may lead to isolation and jeopardize their careers.
Julia Parigot, Emmanuel Coblence
wiley   +1 more source

An Agenda for Public Health Diplomacy in an Age of Populism. [PDF]

Public Health Rev
McKee M, Figueras J, Kalediene R, Joshi A, El-Mohandes A, Otok R, Magaña L, Marchandise C, Barros H.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Client‐Perpetrated Violence and Intent to Leave Among Child Welfare Workers: A Three‐Wave Cross‐Lagged Prospective Study of Causal Directions and the Role of Work‐Related Worrying

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Client‐perpetrated violence and turnover intentions are widespread problems among child‐welfare workers and are associated with both personal and organizational consequences. To elucidate their longitudinal association, the current study built on the cognitive activation theory of stress (CATS) and investigated (H1) whether client‐perpetrated ...
Sana Parveen, Live Bakke Finne, Silje Endresen Reme, Morten Birkeland Nielsen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impacts of governing agency: A comparison of resources in the patchwork of medicolegal death investigation systems. [PDF]

Forensic Sci Int Synerg
Smiley-McDonald HM, Keyes KA, Wire S, Greenwell K, Santos NA, Ropero-Miller JD.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Promotion of Emotional Competencies in Auxiliary Grandparents Caregivers: A Pilot Prevention Programme

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined the efficacy of a 5‐week combined psychoeducation and support programme aimed at enhancing emotional competencies and psychological well‐being among Spanish auxiliary grandparent caregivers. Two delivery formats (face‐to‐face and synchronous online) were compared with a control group receiving no intervention, and ...
Cristina Noriega, Leyre Galarraga, Montserrat Celdrán, Javier López, Gema Pérez‐Rojo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source