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Unfixing Place: Time and Value in the Anthropology of Food

open access: yesCulture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although many anthropologists have engaged with the political and economic work of “place” in qualifying and working with food, time has rarely featured substantively in the economic and political life of the comestible. Gathering themes from my ethnographic research in Northern Italy and excavation time in anthropological scholarship on food,
Janita Van Dyk
wiley   +1 more source

A Theory of the Boundaries of Banks With Implications for Financial Integration and Regulation

open access: yesFinancial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We offer a theory of the “boundary of the firm” that is tailored to banks, recognizing the relevance of deposit financing and interbank lending as a substitute for integration. It is based on a single inefficiency that has been at the core of banking theory: risk‐shifting incentives in the interest of bank shareholders.
Falko Fecht   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Random Carbon Tax Policy and Investment Into Emission Abatement Technologies

open access: yesMathematical Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the problem of a profit‐maximizing electricity producer, subject to carbon taxes, who decides on investments into CO2$\rm CO_2$ abatement technologies. We assume that the carbon tax policy is random and that the investment in the abatement technology is divisible, irreversible, and subject to transaction costs.
Katia Colaneri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contesting Nationalism: Global Citizenship and Chinese Identity in Hong Kong

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global citizenship highlights that one's identity transcends national borders, whereas nationalism prioritises individuals' identification with a specific nation‐state. In the context of nation‐building, tension could arise between global citizenship and national identity.
Shen Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐generation analysis of whether local or genetically mixed populations perform best in restoration plantings

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Proper selection of genetic material is critical for restoring populations, with local seed often selected to maximize local adaptation. But if local populations are small, inbred, or maladapted, then including genotypes from various populations may enhance population growth and long‐term adaptation.
Regan L. Cross, Christopher G. Eckert
wiley   +1 more source

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