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Which Decolonization? Theorizing Decolonization beyond Decoloniality and its Critics
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The debate on decolonial thought has reached an unhelpful stalemate. A core problem in assessing decolonial thought is that the term ‘decolonization’ has been stretched so widely that it now allows for many competing uses. For some critics of decolonial thought such as Nigerian philosopher Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, this overuse points to conceptual ...
David Myer Temin
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Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith +8 more
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Political Accountability During Crises: Evidence From 40 Years of Financial Policies
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We show that politicians facing a binding term limit are more likely to engage in financial deliberalization than those facing reelection, but only in the wake of a financial crisis. In particular, they implement policies that tend to favor incumbent financial institutions over the general population, such as increasing barriers to entry in ...
Orkun Saka, Yuemei Ji, Clement Minaudier
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Features of Armed Conflict Resolution in Asia and Africa from the Late 2010s through the Early 2020s. [PDF]
Her Russ Acad Sci, 2022 Mirzekhanov VS, Trunov FO.
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A Horse Race of Machine‐Learning Methods to Predict Banking Crises
International Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To examine if one machine‐learning model can consistently elucidate financial vulnerabilities, both over time and across levels of development, this paper applies 13 machine‐learning algorithms to evaluate comparative forecasting performance across several banking crises.
Emile du Plessis
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Pandemics are times of closure. States typically restrict the entry of persons to protect their national communities from external health hazards. In this regard, the COVID‐19 pandemic presented the European Union (EU) with a severe challenge. We ask to what extent the border policies of EU member states during the pandemic supported regional ...
Christian Freudlsperger +2 more
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, European Union (EU) governance has become more tolerant towards national policy adaptation and experimentation. Right‐wing populist governments in East Central Europe (ECE) have used this increased flexibility amongst other things to develop various economically nationalist strategies to reassert ...
Gerhard Schnyder +2 more
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Following the global financial crisis, European financial authorities introduced a host of new initiatives intended to advance market integration, improve the quality of bank oversight and enhance both economic stability and prospects for growth.
Dóra Piroska, Rachel A. Epstein
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To Be or Not to Be a Worker: Legal Uncertainty and Precarious Employment in the European Union
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Precarious employment has gradually moved onto the European Union (EU) policy agenda, so far culminating in the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (the Pillar). However, the effectiveness of these renewed social ambitions is challenged by legal uncertainty and entangled in ongoing political and legal disputes over the ...
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen +2 more
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