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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-electoral coalition agreement from the Black-Scholes point of view. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mitrović D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Segmentation and gender wage disparities in the early industrial workforce: Insights from Arkwright's Lumford Mill, 1786–1811

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gender wage gap and wage setting in the early cotton spinning factories of the industrial revolution, with a specific focus on Richard Arkwright's Lumford Mill in Bakewell, Derbyshire. The research links workers from the mill's wage books with parish baptism records to estimate ages and construct age–wage profiles in ...
Alexander Tertzakian
wiley   +1 more source

Viral Community and Novel Viral Genomes Associated with the Sugarcane Weevil, <i>Sphenophorus levis</i> (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Brazil. [PDF]

Viruses
Haisi A, Nogueira MF, Possebon FS, Junior JPA, Marinho-Prado JS.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Hansard Society : recognition scheme for educational oversight : review by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education [PDF]

, 2012

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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, David R. Green, Laura Newman, Joe Chick, Kathleen McIlvenna, Holly Marley, Natasha Preger, Douglas Brown, Nicola Shelton   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the implications of organised illegal and informal mining activities on the environment in South Africa. [PDF]

Ambio
Adom RK, Simatele MD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Materiale per lezione su sviluppo e istituzioni (3) [PDF]

, 2008
Figini, Paolo
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Start(up) with purpose: How goal‐ and duty‐based purpose drive work engagement and performance in startups

European Management Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although organizational purpose (OP) has recently gained attention in entrepreneurship research, its motivational potential in startups remains underexplored, limiting the development of effective purpose‐driven strategies to enhance employee work engagement (WE) and startup performance.
Julien A. Nussbaum, Enya Henning, Paulin L. Ostrowski, Dominik K. Kanbach   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source