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Does political violence undermine descriptive representation? The case of women in politics
European Journal of Political Research, EarlyView.Abstract Do attacks against politicians exacerbate the political underrepresentation of marginalized groups? Existing research suggests that candidates and officeholders from underrepresented groups are more likely to become targets of political violence, but little is known about the consequences of indirect exposure to political violence for ...
JEYHUN ALIZADE +3 more
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The Impact of Implicit Government Guarantee on Credit Rating of Municipal Investment Bonds [PDF]
arXivOne type of bond with the most implicit government guarantee is municipal investment bonds. In recent years, there have been an increasing number of downgrades in the credit ratings of municipal bonds, which has led some people to question whether the implicit government guarantee may affect the objectivity of the bond ratings?
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“We know nothing except fishing”: Fishing bans under China’s ecological civilisation
Geographical Research, EarlyView.The slogan on the photo reads, “Banning fishing for now will benefit fishery forever”. The ten‐year Fishing Ban in China’s Yangtze River is unprecedented in scale and intensity. This article uncovers the fishing ban through the narrative of ecological civilisation and its impact on retired fisherpeople.
Mengyao Li, Qi Liu
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Racial Disparity in Marijuana Policing in New Orleans [PDF]
, 2016 In national research, self-reported marijuana use is similar across races, but in New Orleans, black people are disproportionately arrested for marijuana offenses, including simple possession.
Jon Wool, Meghan Ragany, Rose Wilson
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Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary On January 31, 2023, British Columbia (BC) launched a 3‐year pilot initiative decriminalizing the possession of up to 2.5 g of select illegal drugs. The policy aims to reduce stigma, address racial disparities in drug law enforcement, and improve police relations with people who use drugs (PWUD).
Cayley Russell +6 more
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A Pivotal Moment: Assessing Houston's Plan for Pension Reform [PDF]
, 2017 The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) released "A Pivotal Moment: Assessing Houston's Plan for Pension Reform," a report that provides an in-depth analysis of the City of Houston's pension reform proposal currently pending in the Texas Legislature.
Josh B. McGee, Paulina S. Diaz Aguirre
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Humanimals: A Socio‐Ecological Reading of the Marseille Plague of 1720
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The aim of this article is to return to a small number of historically significant first‐person testimonies of the Marseille epidemic of 1720 in order to analyse in detail their construction and depiction of human exceptionality as a form of life in a time of plague.
David McCallam
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Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil [PDF]
We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while onshore ...
Francesco Caselli, Guy Michaels
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