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Election procedures for the appointment of representatives in the northern European states

open access: yesSfera Politicii, 2019
The study intends to present the voting systems and procedures that the Nordic states use to the designate their representatives in the national parliaments. The long history of the voting practice highlighted the stability of the voting systems in place
Claudia Gilia
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Qualitative comparative analysis of policies implemented by 26 European countries during the 2020 great lockdown

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
IntroductionDuring the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, from March 1 to April 15, 2020, significant variations emerged among countries regarding the implementation of lockdown policies.
Zhipeng Wang, Guangyi Qu
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship of Ownership Structure, Multiple Directorships and Related Party Transactions: Evidence from Two-Tier Corporate Governance System [PDF]

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This study investigates the role of internal governance mechanisms in dealing with wealth expropriation via related party transactions. Specifically, this study identify three forms of related party transactions namely related lending, related ...
HARTO, Puji
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The Herfindahl neutral point: A firm‐level threshold for managing market concentration with evidence from US hog packing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper derives a firm‐level threshold, the Herfindahl Neutral Point, from the standard concentration index used in merger review. At this threshold, a marginal expansion leaves the index unchanged. Firms below the threshold reduce concentration when they expand; firms above it increase concentration.
Andrew J. Keller, Krishna P. Paudel
wiley   +1 more source

The new repetitive tendencies. A contextual analysis of the 2012 local elections

open access: yesSfera Politicii, 2012
The author considers that 2012 local elections in Romania marked the beginnings of a new party system and political system. 2012 was the year of popular movements and street protests, asking for political change. For the first time in post-communism, the
Dan Pavel
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Regional Grants as Pork Barrel Politics [PDF]

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We investigate the political and economic factors influencing the allocation of regional development grants for a panel of Canadian electoral districts in the 1988-2001 period.
Kevin Milligan, Michael Smart
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Ecological niche modeling reveals habitat differentiation and climatic vulnerability in two imperiled, sympatric southern Appalachian carnivorous plants

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Understanding the habitat requirements of imperiled flora is critical for informing ex situ conservation practices, designing effective reintroduction strategies, and understanding how climate change will impact such species, especially in montane regions with high levels of environmental heterogeneity. In southern Appalachia, USA, the
Nicholas J. Chang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Opportunities and Limits of Regional Policy-Making - some Critical Remarks on the Belgian Case [PDF]

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In our paper, we deal with the dynamic and consequences of the federal structure and the dual party system for the policy capacities of Flanders, one of the three regions in the Belgian federal state.
Carl Devos   +4 more
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Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Storable Votes: Giving Voice to Minority Preferences without Sacrificing Efficiency [PDF]

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Wahlverhalten, Wahlsystem, Minderheit, Politische Partei, Voting behaviour, Electoral system, Minority, Political ...
Alessandra Casella   +2 more
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