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A Framework for Approval-based Budgeting Methods

, 2018
We define and study a general framework for approval-based budgeting methods and compare certain methods within this framework by their axiomatic and computational properties.
Faliszewski, Piotr, Talmon, Nimrod
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Smart Exploration of Perovskite Photovoltaics: From AI Driven Discovery to Autonomous Laboratories

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
In this review, we summarize the fundamentals of AI in automated materials science, and review AI applications in perovskite solar cells. Then, we sum up recent progress in AI‐guided manufacturing optimization, and highlight AI‐driven high‐throughput and autonomous laboratories.
Wenning Chen, Zheyu Zhang, Kelvian T. Mularso, Bonghyun Jo, Hyun Suk Jung   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

(In) stability, a key element to understand participatory budgeting: Discussing Portuguese cases

Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2012
Much has been said about Participatory Budgeting. Still, how to make it a successful and long-lasting experience remains open for debate. Studies have advanced in analyzing many PB “features”, discussing its capacity to promote transparency, empowerment ...
Giovanni Allegretti, Mariana Lopes Alves
doaj   +2 more sources

Open budget data: mapping the landscape [PDF]

, 2015
This report offers analysis of the emerging issue of open budget data, which has begun to gain traction amongst advocates and practitioners of financial transparency.
Jonathan Gray
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Toward Standardization in CO2 Electrolysis: A Round Robin Study

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
CO2 electrolysis is a promising green technology for producing fuels and chemicals. To support its real‐world adoption, researchers conducted a collaborative study to identify sources of experimental variability. They found key differences in temperature and pressure control across labs and proposed a standardized testing protocol to improve ...
Dorottya Hursán, Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi, Balázs Endrődi, Angelika A. Samu, Emilia Wessel, Henri Pelzer, Viktor Józó, Jasper Biemolt, Ulf‐Peter Apfel, Thomas Burdyny, Brian Seger, Peter Strasser, Csaba Janáky   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Spending, By The People: Participatory Budgeting in the United States and Canada in 2014-15 [PDF]

, 2016
From 2014 to 2015, more than 70,000 residents across the United States and Canada directly decided how their cities and districts should spend nearly $50 million in public funds through a process known as participatory budgeting (PB).
Carolin Hagelskamp, Chloe Rinehart, David Schleifer, Rebecca Silliman   +3 more
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Accounting, accountants and accountability regimes in pluralistic societies: taking multiple perspectives seriously [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to synthesize work in the emerging field of how accounting and accountability can be reoriented to better promote pluralistic democracy which recognizes and addresses differentials in power, beliefs and desires of
Jesse Dillard, Judy Brown, Professor Judy Brown, Professor Jesse Dillard, Trevor Hopper   +3 more
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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participatory Budgeting and Local Government in a Vertical Society: A Japanese Story [PDF]

, 2019
This article examines a case of participatory budgeting in Japanese local government. The article demonstrates how cultural values interact with stages of budgeting (in our case, the co-planning or consultation phase of budgeting).
Abe K, Barbera C, Christensen T, Fukushima H, JMRC (Japan Municipal Research Center), Kanemura T, Kitamura J, Kokami S, Mizutani O, Nakatani M, Oh Y, Pawan Adhikari, Pollitt C, Shahzad Uddin, Sintomer Y, Tamura Y, Tanaka H, Van Wolferen K, Yashiro A, Yuji Mori   +19 more
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source