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Does context matter in juvenile court intake? Findings from a rural state
Abstract Drawing on Sampson and colleagues' racial inequality theories, we examine how referral and county characteristics affect the handling of juvenile court caseloads. Specifically, we use data from Mississippi Youth Courts for the years 2016 through 2021 to conduct two‐level multinomial regression analyses examining the role of referral‐level ...
Angela A. Robertson +3 more
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Re-establishing the pecking order: Niche models reliably predict suitable habitats for the reintroduction of red-billed oxpeckers. [PDF]
Kalle R, Combrink L, Ramesh T, Downs CT.
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Segment information disclosure and trade credit
Abstract We examine the effect of mandatory segment disclosure on trade credit financing. Segment disclosure reduces the information advantage of suppliers relative to investors in evaluating firm default risk, reducing firms' reliance on trade credit. Exploiting the adoption of SFAS 131 as a shock to segment disclosure, we find that segment disclosure
Obada Almajali, Phil Holmes, Bin Xu
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ABSTRACT Since the late 1990s, the pesticide industry has undergone a ‘generics revolution’ as the centre of production, and trade has shifted to the global South. China and India have become major producers, capturing Latin American markets from Northern multinationals. As a major pesticide user and a key node in global supply chains, Argentina offers
Christian Berndt +2 more
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ABSTRACT Every winter, Delhi's polluted air draws national attention to the burning of rice stubble in neighbouring states. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Haryana in north India, this article shows how bureaucrats and scientists attempt to enact certainty around technological solutions to stubble burning even while privately acknowledging their ...
Nikhit Agrawal
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Tax Incentives for Small and Medium–Sized Enterprises: A Systematic Literature Review
ABSTRACT This paper presents a PRISMA‐guided systematic literature review of 91 studies analyzing tax incentives for small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) and their stakeholders. Adopting an SME‐specific, instrument‐agnostic perspective, spanning both firm‐side and investor‐side incentives across multiple tax instruments, we identify three patterns.
Adam Lynch +2 more
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Shape of Water: Power Dynamics for Supply Chain Resilience
ABSTRACT The world is facing climate change‐driven disruptions such as extreme weather events, which affect nature as well as firms and their supply chains. Nonetheless, little is known about how supply chain players shape their socioecological resilience, including from a power perspective.
Aristides R. Oliveira Junior +3 more
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Maladaptation in Supply Chains
ABSTRACT Supply chains are increasingly suffering from widespread disruptions, leading to growing interest in supply chain resilience. Adaptation, a central concept of resilience, is conventionally assumed to effectively manage these disruptions. However, actions aimed at adaptation can have adverse consequences, a phenomenon known in the climate ...
Y. L. Lont +3 more
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We present the first phylogenetic analysis of the Californian species of Myosurus. Our ddRADseq analysis reveals considerably more diversity than what was recognized in recent floristic treatments. Myosurus minimus subsp. apus was found to be a rare species restricted to Southern California and northwestern Baja California.
R. Douglas Stone +2 more
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