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The Defense-growth nexus: An application for the Israeli-Arab conflict [PDF]

This paper revisits the defence-growth nexus for the rivals of the Israeli-Arab conflict over the last four decades. To this end, we utilize the Toda and Yamamoto (1995) causality test and the generalized variance decomposition.
Abu-Qarn, Aamer
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From conflict to a climate future: Unraveling the nexus between warfare and environmental degradation

Sustainable Futures
The natural environment in conflict zones is often severely impacted by warfare, with long-lasting effects on water resources and ecosystems. The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia has had a significant impact on the region's natural ecosystem ...
Musrat Nazir, Imran Khan, Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah, Talat Islam, Kamran Azam, Imran Naseem, Khalid Zaman   +6 more
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Worker remittances and the global preconditions of ‘smart development’ [PDF]

, 2013
With the growing environmental crisis affecting our globe, ideas to weigh economic or social progress by the ‘energy input’ necessary to achieve it are increasingly gaining acceptance.
Acemoglu D., Acemoglu D., Acemoglu D., Acosta P., Alesina A., Alesina A., Allsopp C., Almas Heshmati, Amin S., Amin S., Amin S., Amin S., Amin S., Amuedo-Dorantes C., Arno Tausch, Auvinen J., Barro R. J., Barro R. J., Barro R. J., Biswas B., Blais R., Blankenau W. F., Bornschier V., Bornschier V., Bornschier V., Brand U., Buti F., Chen X. M., Crenshaw E., Dietz T., Dietz T., Dollar D., Dollar D., Doucouliagos H., Durlauf S. N., Easterlin R. A., Easterlin R. A., Easterly W., Easterly W., Edwards S., Egert B., Ehrhardt-Martinez K., Fain H. D., Faria J. R., Feldstein M., Fosu A. K., Frankel J. A., Frey B. S., Glomm G., Gould E. D., Gwartney J. D., Haan J., Hamid A., Haynes J., Heintz P., Helliwell J. F., Hertz E., Holden W. N., Holmberg S., Jorgenson A. K., Jorgenson A. K., Jorgenson A. K., Kohler G., Kohr L., Laver M., Levine R. E., Martin P., Massey D. S., Matt A., Meadows D. H., Molle W., Ng Y. -K., Ng Y. -K., Oswald A. J., Poe S. C., Porta R., Porte C., Ram R., Ram R., Rodrik D., Rodrik D., Rondinelli D. A., Sala-i-Martin X., Sala-i-Martin X., Sanderson M., Scanlan S., Schumacher E. F., Schumacher E. F., Soysa I., Stern D. I., Sylwester K., Sénécal C., Taylor J. E., Weede E., Weede E., Weede E., Weede E., York R., Ziesemer T. H. W.   +98 more
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To What Extent Does ESG Performance Influence Board Engagement in Acquisition Activity?

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between boards and corporate acquisition activity. Specifically, we posit that boards with directors who have been politicians positively influence the propensity to pursue acquisitions and that ESG performance (divided into environmental, social, and governance scores) moderates this relationship.
Leticia Pérez‐Calero, Santiago Kopoboru Aguado, Gloria Cuevas‐Rodríguez, Jaime Guerrero Villegas, Pilar Giráldez‐Puig   +4 more
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Federal Policy and the Rise in Disability Enrollment: Evidence for the VA's Disability Compensation Program [PDF]

The U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) currently provides disability benefits to 2.72 million veterans of U.S. military service through the Disability Compensation (DC) program.
Mark Duggan, Perry Singleton, Robert Rosenheck   +2 more
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Disentangling geography teacher educators' collective spaces of agency

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Societal trends such as increased accountability, teacher shortages, and flexibility in learning paths affect the work of teacher educators. This study explores the collective agency of Dutch geography teacher educators as they enact the subject pedagogy curriculum within this rapidly changing context.
Eefje Smit, Tine Béneker, Hanneke Tuithof   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Much Does the Federal Government Spend to Promote Economic Mobility and for Whom? [PDF]

, 2008
Tracks and projects federal expenditures and tax subsidies aimed at enhancing economic mobility, such as employer-related work subsidies, homeownership, savings and investment incentives, and education and training, and who benefits from ...
Adam Carasso, C. Eugene Steuerle, Gillian Reynolds   +2 more
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Military Expenditures and Shadow Economy in the Central and Eastern Europe: is There a Link?

, 2018
The main goal of our paper is to determine the existence of a link between government (military) expenditures and the shadow economy in the Central and Eastern European countries, which are the members of the European Union.
Igor Fedotenkov, F. Schneider
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Electrolyte Design Strategies for High‐Energy‐Density Li/Na/K‐Metal Batteries Toward Grid‐Scale Energy Storage: From Liquid to Solid

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This review summarizes key parameters including cathode loading and electrolyte consumption, clarifies the practical application scope of alkali metal batteries, and research progress on advanced electrolytes for grid‐scale energy storage systems. The growing demand for grid‐scale battery energy storage systems (BESSs) has prompted researchers to turn ...
Hui Shao, Zhiwei Ni, Jinkui Feng
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Optimal Military Spending in the US: A Time Series Analysis [PDF]

This paper extends previous work on the optimal size of government spend- ing by including nested functional decompositions of military spending into consumption and investment. Post World War II US data are then used to estimate nested non-linear growth
Giorgio d'Agostino, J Paul Dunne, Luca Pieroni   +2 more
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