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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
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Are Princelings Truly Busted? Evaluating Transaction Discounts in China's Land Market
Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper replicates Chen and Kung's 2019 analysis (The Quarterly Journal of Economics 134(1): 185–226). Inspecting the data reveals that nearly one‐third of transactions (388,903 out of 1,208,621) are perfect duplicates of other rows, excluding the transaction number.
Julia Manso
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Gubernatorial Re‐Election Incentives, Local Investment Bias, and Pension Fund Performance
Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of gubernatorial re‐election incentive and political factors on US public pension funds from 1990 to 2022. Our empirical analysis finds no significant overall relationship between gubernatorial re‐election incentives and local bias in the full sample.
Hongxian Zhang +3 more
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Personas mayores y solidaridad familiar Personas mayores y solidaridad familiar
Política y Sociedad, 2008 Vivimos en sociedades envejecidas. El aumento de la esperanza de vida y la disminución de la fecundidad conllevan un debilitamiento de las estructuras familiares tradicionales entre las diversas generaciones. Ha aumentado la diversidad en las formas familiares, valores, normas, y costumbres.
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Behavioral responses of black bears to human presence and infrastructure in Yosemite National Park
The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.Using GPS collar data from black bears in Yosemite National Park, we examined how bear spatiotemporal activity in relation to human development shifted during the COVID‐19 park closure in 2020. In the absence of visitors, bears maintained consistent landscape‐scale space use but altered fine‐scale spatial and temporal behaviors.
Jennifer R. Green +9 more
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¿Cómo se vive el duelo en el ámbito rural? Una mirada desde la ancianidad
Gerokomos, 2018 Resumen: Objetivo: Conocer la perspectiva de las personas mayores y su forma de vivir el duelo en la comunidad rural. Metodología: Es un estudio etnográfico, en el medio rural, cuya recogida de datos fue mediante entrevistas y observación ...
Encarnación María Martínez Sola +2 more
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El envejecimiento activo en personas mayores.
, 2021 The main objective of final undergraduate project has been research on active aging in people over 60 years of age with a mental health problem related to the consequence of loneliness and how it has affected the COVID-19 pandemic. At present, society has experienced a decrease in the birth rate and an increase in the life expectancy of citizens, so we
Rodriguez Palmero, Alba +1 more
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although some studies focus on how bureaucrats' interactions with one another affect performance, they rarely focus on why these public servants collaborate. Bureaucrats' collaboration matters because it can significantly contribute to achieving policy goals.
Nathalie Mendez
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Influencia intercultural del baile folclórico en las personas adultas mayores del grupo “Alma Joven”
Revista Nuevo Humanismo, 2016 La interculturalidad es un componente de gran importancia en cualquier grupo social, pues permite crear un ambiente de respeto y tolerancia entre miembros de distintas nacionalidades. Es un término tan amplio que comprende una gran variedad de costumbres
Maribel León Fernández +1 more
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves +7 more
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