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Standard language proficiency as social capital: Impacts on subjective socioeconomic status in China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wei Y, Cai X.
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From politics to economics: The investigation of the determinants of local administrative hierarchy in the Tang–Song transition

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 39-78, March 2025.
Abstract This study collects original data to examine the determinants of classification criteria of county hierarchy and its rank variations during the Tang–Song period. The results reveal that the county hierarchy was affected by both economic and political situations, with more emphasis on politics in Tang and economics in Song.
Nan Li, Heqi Cai
wiley   +1 more source

Balancing pressure and support: family influences on female students' educational choices and academic integrity in the UAE. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Jaffré M, Basweidan S, Karabchuk T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mitigating policy uncertainty: What financial markets reveal about firm‐level lobbying

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Elections can lead to substantial policy changes and, thus, are a significant source of risk. Firms can respond to such policy uncertainty by lobbying, but it is hard to quantify whether they do so and, if so, how much lobbying benefits them. We construct a new dataset and leverage investors’ expectations of variability in stock returns in the
Kristy Buzard, Nathan Canen, Sebastian Saiegh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Power of the Win Ratio Analysis through Distance-based Weights. [PDF]

Stat Med
Rejuan Haque M, Hyer M, Wei L, Pan X, Brock G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Is support for authoritarian rule contagious? Evidence from field and survey experiments

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The increasing popularity of strongman rule in democratic societies underscores the need to explore how authoritarian regime preferences might spread socially. We assess the role of social influence on support for leaders with authoritarian inclinations through preregistered field and survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces. The field
Sirianne Dahlum, Torbjørn Hanson, Åshild Johnsen, Andreas Kotsadam, Alexander Wuttke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Influencing the Willingness of Layer Specialized Households to Participate in Cooperative Avian Influenza Prevention and Control: Evidence from China. [PDF]

Vet Sci
Guo D, Pu H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis of Cardinal and Ordinal Assumptions in Conjoint Analysis

Of twenty-three agricultural economics conjoint analyses conducted between 1990 and 2001, seventeen used interval-rating scales, with estimation procedures varying widely. This study tests cardinality assumptions in conjoint analysis when interval-rating
Fields, Deacue, Harrison, R. Wes, Gillespie, Jeffrey M.   +2 more
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Understanding cooperative membership and maize market participation in Rwanda: A Bayesian triple‐hurdle analysis

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Smallholder market participation studies often focus narrowly on selling decisions, overlooking the institutional role of agricultural cooperatives, particularly in contexts like Rwanda, where cooperatives underpin agricultural policy. Consequently, empirical evidence on how cooperative membership shapes farmers’ commercialization across ...
John N. Ng'ombe, Jules Ngango, Aristide Maniriho, Martinson Ankrah Twumasi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Youth perception of air pollution and the evaluation of governmental environmental performance: Evidence from China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Li X, Guo R.
europepmc   +1 more source