The Effect of Firm‐Level Investment on Income Inequality and Poverty Around the World
International Review of Finance, Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT We examine the relation between firm‐level investment and income inequality in an international setting. We find that firms' investments reduce income inequality and poverty. We document that increases in employment, compensation paid to employees, and labor productivity due to firms' investment activities can be the underlying drivers of the ...
Mehmet S. Tosun +2 more
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State-sponsored agenda setting: Measuring the impact of narrative laundering. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AWarren PL, Linvill DL, Saucier CJ.
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From Open Banking Regulation to Platform Orchestration: The Evolution of Digital Platform Governance
Information Systems Journal, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 743-770, September 2026.ABSTRACT This study contributes to information systems (IS) scholarship by extending platform governance theory to regulatory contexts, explaining how regulatory forces co‐evolve with technological architectures to shape openness and control. This research examines the evolution of platform governance in the context of open banking, where regulatory ...
Priyadharshini Muthukannan +3 more
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Illicit Bitcoin transaction detection via feature-gated temporal graph learning. [PDF]
Sci RepHan N, Zhang R, Liu X, Zhang H.
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The Cost of Convenience: A Hedonic Approach to Travel Time Valuation and Cost‐Benefit Analysis
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 1140-1165, September 2026.ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel revealed‐preference approach to estimating the value of travel time (VTT) and calculating consumer surplus for the economic evaluation of transport infrastructure. Departing from traditional stated‐preference models, we derive time valuations by linking residential rental transactions in Greater Sydney to employment
Isaac Mann, David M. Levinson
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The policy construction of illegal markets: Exploring variation, success, failure, and unintended consequences. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S APaoli L, Reuter P.
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Pragmatism, Dual‐Process Theory, and the Study of Reflective Cognition
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT This article advances dual‐process theory (DPT) by developing a pragmatist framework for the study of reflective cognition. Although dual‐process models were introduced to sociology via Bourdieusian practice theory, Bourdieusian DPT has proven inadequate for theorising reflective cognition and action, with sociologists looking to pragmatism as
Gordon Brett
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The Spatial Impact of Judicial Administration on Firms' Performance
LABOUR, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 263-290, September 2026.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the indirect effects of judicial adminstration (JA) on neighbouring firms operating in southern Italian regions characterised by endemic organised crime. When a mafia‐affiliated firm is placed under JA, the sector‐specific relational networks it sustained are abruptly severed. Using difference‐in‐differences estimators,
Vincenzo Sessa
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Literacy, Volume 60, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to discuss the potentialities of open‐ended board games for story generation in educational contexts. We have analysed story prototypes created through D‐Stories, a collective storytelling game designed for this project.
Antoni Roig Telo +2 more
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Proactive detection of voice phishing networks using call log analysis and machine learning. [PDF]
Sci RepKim K, Kim L.
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