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ESG Controversies in Global Firms: A Black Mark?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite increasing attention paid by companies to sustainability, there is still evidence of environmental, social and governance (commonly referred to as ESG) scandals. As research on this topic is scant, this paper aims to analyse the impact of ESG controversies on firms' sustainability practices, that is, ESG policies, as well as ...
Beatrice Bais, Guido Orzes, Marco Sartor
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Oil rents, governance quality, and the allocation of talents in developing countries [PDF]
Evidence shows that the allocation of talented people is not neutral for growth. Thus, a country with a large population of law concentrators tends to develop rent-seeking activities that reduce growth.
Christian EBEKE, Luc Désiré OMGBA
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart +3 more
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What Turns a Blessing into a Curse? The Political Economy of Natural Resource Wealth (Invited Lecture) [PDF]
I review the relationship between natural resource endowment type and economic growth in developing countries. Certain types of natural resources, such as oil and minerals, tend to exhibit concentrated production and revenue patterns, while revenue flows
Syed Mansoob Murshed
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مجلة الدراسات الاقتصادية والاداريةThis research studies the impact of Dutch disease on competitiveness in Iraq, using the ARDL approach from 2000 to 2021, by analyzing the relationship between exports (as one of the most important indicators of competitiveness) and between oil revenues,
Assistant Prof. Dr. Aysar Y. Fahad
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Emerging Oil Consensus in the GCC Area; Explaining the Transition from Distributive Rent to Productive Rent [PDF]
رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللیExtended AbstractIntroduction: The amazing economic development of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in recent decades has led to the emergence of a new nucleus of capitalism in the Persian Gulf subsystem and the Middle East region ...
fariborz arghavani +2 more
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Resilience Practices and Post‐Traumatic Growth Among Sudanese IDPs
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the resilience of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan who have endured various forms of suffering resulting from being targeted or trapped by militants involved in large‐scale violence. Upon escaping the conflict zones, the civilians exhibit strength, adaptability, and wisdom in the face of various threats to ...
Karina Korostelina +2 more
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Cogent Business & ManagementThis study revisits the academic disagreement on the impact of resource rent tax design on oil and gas companies. The disagreement relates to whether the petroleum special tax on the Norwegian Continental Shelf leads to under- or over-investments ...
Julide Ceren Ahi +4 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mining is one of the foundations of economic development but has historically been associated with severe socioenvironmental impacts, such as ecosystem degradation, displacement of traditional communities, and large‐scale disasters. In this context, corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays a central role as a mechanism for legitimizing ...
Felipe Moura Oliveira +1 more
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Why Tax Energy? Towards a More Rational Energy Policy [PDF]
, 2006 The same fuels are taxed at widely different rates in different countries while different fuels are taxed at widely different rates within and across countries. Coal, oil and gas are all used to generate electricity, but are subject to very different tax
Newbery, David
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