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The Economy, the War in Iraq and the 2004 Presidential Election [PDF]

In this paper I apply the Bread and Peace model of voting in US presidential elections to analyze the sources of George W. Bush’s narrow re-election victory in 2004.
Hibbs, Douglas A.
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It would be careless for the government to have to re-openbenefit indexation [PDF]

, 2012
As the government reportedly plans to freeze most social security benefits for two years, before uprating them in line with wages rather than prices, Professor Deborah Mabbett investigates the politics of ...
Mabbett, Deborah
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The Link Between Financial Auditors and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Empirical Studies and Implications for Future Research

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on stakeholder agency theory, this structured literature review included 89 empirical quantitative studies published between 2013 and the present on the complex relationship between financial auditors and corporate social responsibility (CSR) outcomes. We created a research framework based on DeFond and Zhang's (2014) taxonomy and the bi‐
Patrick Velte
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Odd-Even Policy on Distance and Time in Private Sector

Acta Technica Jaurinensis
Government of Jakarta has struggled to mitigate the traffic congestion by implementing the odd-even policy. This policy has restricted some roads for vehicles to pass in Jakarta in a certain time and this policy needs to be studied further for its impact
Agung Chandra
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Successful Implementation of Environmental Policy and Governance: Understanding and Modeling Micro Governance

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Successful implementation of environmental policy and governance highly depends on the capacity to know about, build new and utilize existing governance structures. However, the theoretical tools and available methods to assess the complexity of emerging or existing structures are rather limited.
Diana Giebels, Arend Ligtenberg, Martha Bakker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining Party Switching in an Institutionalised Party System: The Case of South Africa

Journal of Southern African Studies
Institutionalised party systems are said to foster stronger party allegiances and fewer switches. However, this expectation is called into question when we observe the case of South Africa. Despite being characterised by a highly institutionalised dominant party system as well as party-centred electoral and candidate selection rules, South Africa has ...
Edalina Rodrigues Sanches, Yani Kartalis, Hangala Siachiwena   +2 more
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The Impact of Freedom of Speech on Conspiracy Beliefs

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conspiracy beliefs are often portrayed as a threat to democracies. However, less is known about the extent to which the state of democracy may affect conspiracy beliefs. Hence, we investigated the impact of the societal level of freedom of speech on conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1, using aggregated nation‐level data (N = 68 countries), we found
Paul Bertin, Elisa Tognon, Kenzo Nera, Rrita Bajraktari, Pit Klein, Vincent Yzerbyt, Olivier Klein   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ignorance in Congressional Voting? Evidence from Policy Reversal on the Endangered Species Act [PDF]

Objective: In 1978 Congress weakened several key provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which had been enacted only five years earlier. The objective is to compare alternative explanations for this policy reversal.
Daniel Sutter, Edward J. Lopez
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Matching your way to Success: The Influence of Motivational Frame Matching on Interaction Outcomes and Reciprocal Matching

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Theories of interpersonal sensemaking postulate that positive interactions emerge in interactions where speakers match on motivational frames. Across three experiments (N = 1609) using a hypothetical simulation framework, we provide the first evidence of a causal link between motivational frame matching and positive interaction outcomes in ...
Mattias Sjöberg, Paul J. Taylor, Stacey M. Conchie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Satellite personal communications system [PDF]

, 1980
Voice channel communication between low power mobile stations dispersed over a large area is provided by a system which includes a geostationary satellite utilizing a large UHF antenna that can receive a transmission from a caller and retransmit it over ...
Reilly, N. B., Smith, J. G.
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