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Motivational and Behavioural Determinants of Participation in Renewable Energy Communities
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) are increasingly recognised as key instruments for supporting the energy transition, promoting citizen engagement, and enhancing the integration of renewable energy sources. However, limited evidence is available on how motivational factors and behavioural mechanisms jointly influence individuals ...
Idiano D'Adamo +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on legitimacy theory, the aim of this study is to answer the research question: ‘How does corporate climate identity construction enable firms to make legitimacy claims while managing tensions between the economic imperatives and climate goals?’ The research design relies on a discourse analysis of 252 corporate reports published ...
Hang Pham
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Endogenous infrastructure development and spatial takeoff [PDF]
, 2016 I am grateful for support from the Institute for New Economic Thinking grant # INO15-00025.Infrastructure development can affect the spatial distribution of economic activity and, by consequence, aggregate structural transformation and growth. The growth
Trew, Alex William
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Emergence of immediate funds transfer as a general-purpose means of payment [PDF]
Immediate funds transfer (IFT) is a highly convenient, certain, secure, and economical means of payment using bank money. IFT is not available in the U.S.
Bruce J. Summers, Kirstin E. Wells
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are widely used to deliver urban rail in developing contexts, although their contribution to public value remains contested. This paper offers an ex‐ante analysis of the determinants of perceived public value, using Mexico's Guadalajara Light Rail Line 4 as an illustrative case.
Vicente Pina +3 more
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Price Incentives and Consumer Payment Behaviour [PDF]
In this paper we estimate the effect of particular price incentives on consumer payment patterns using transaction-level data. We find that participation in a loyalty program and access to an interest-free period, both of which lower the price of credit ...
Tim West, Kylie Smith, John Simon
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The Future of GEOROC: Database Curation for the Geochemical Community
The GEOROC database (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents) was born in 1999 at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz (Germany) under the leadership of A. W. Hofmann and B. Sarbas. For 25 years, GEOROC has served the geochemical community. Since
Traun, Marie Katrine +1 more
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Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This study examines how legal design shapes contractual governance in public–private partnership (PPP). We argue that PPP‐specific laws do not simply strengthen institutional safeguards; by varying in detail, they also alter the flexibility available for project‐level contracting.
Mohammad Hosseini, Bertrand V. Quelin
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Remote Sensing System Enhancement for Digital Twinning of the Built Infrastructure to Support Critical Infrastructure Protection Research [PDF]
69A3551847102The purpose of this project is to acquire a laser scanner and explore its utilities for creating digital twins of infrastructure systems to support infrastructure management. In joint with an ongoing project with NJ Transit OEM on developing
Rutgers University. Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation +2 more
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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
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