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Irrigated agriculture, water pricing and water savings in the Lower Jordan River Basin (in Jordan) [PDF]
Farming systems / Irrigated farming / Water conservation / Groundwater / Water policy / Water rates / Water costs / Pricing / Cost recovery / Economic impact / Jordan / Lower Jordan River Basin / Jordan Valley / Amman-Zarqa Basin / Yarmouk ...
Hassan, Yousef +2 more
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Clinical Oral Implants Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate whether adding a connective tissue graft (CTG) to guided bone regeneration (GBR) improves clinical and radiographic outcomes in surgical peri‐implantitis treatment. Materials and Methods Thirty‐two patients with peri‐implantitis were randomly assigned to receive GBR and CTG (test group, TG) or GBR alone (control group ...
Lucrezia Paterno Holtzman +7 more
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Realizing and assessing social successes in invasive species management
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Each year untold numbers of land managers and volunteers work individually and collectively to manage invasive plant, animal, and insect species. Whether such efforts are deemed successful depends on ecological and economic outcomes, with limited consideration of the social processes, costs, and benefits.
Sonia Graham +6 more
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Monte Carlo Techniques in Studying Robust Estimators [PDF]
Recent work on robust estimation has led to many procedures, which are easy to formulate and straightforward to program but difficult to study analytically.
David C. Hoaglin
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Pro‐Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter?
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The quality of economic institutions plays a crucial role in enhancing a country's economic performance, leading international organisations to recommend pro‐market institutional reforms as a strategy to support economic development. This paper investigates how the natural resource curse affects pro‐market reforms, analysing a sample of 90 ...
Isaac Amedanou, Kwamivi Mawuli Gomado
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani +2 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 305-323., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Brian Kendall +2 more
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Irish regional GDP since independence
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper constructs the first long‐run estimates of Irish regional gross domestic product (GDP) over the twentieth century and traces the relative economic performance of Ireland's regions since independence. Using an array of data sources available at a county level, output in agriculture, industry, and services in benchmark census years is
Alan de Bromhead, Seán Kenny
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Power advantage and unit ambidexterity: A tripartite mediation framework
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract While research on unit‐level ambidexterity is burgeoning, the role of a unit's power advantage has been largely overlooked. Yet, organizational units are interdependent, and gaining an advantageous position across a network of multiple power relationships with other units enables them to create a context favorable to pursuing both exploration ...
Konstantinos C. Kostopoulos +3 more
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