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Corporate political activity as part of enterprise strategy in South African agribusinesses

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2020
Background: The South African agricultural sector is facing regulatory uncertainty relating to land reform and distribution, restrictive labour policies and minimum wages.
Liesel Botha, Susanna L. Middelberg
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Challenges and Trends in Student Evaluation of Teaching: Analysis of SET Data from the University of Peloponnese

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This study examines the effectiveness of Student Evaluations of Teaching at the University of Peloponnese, which has systematically collected anonymous evaluations since 2015.
Ilias Papadogiannis, Costas Vassilakis, Manolis Wallace, Athanassios Katsis   +3 more
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The impact of geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty on CO₂ emissions: A CS-ARDL analysis of G7 economies [PDF]

Environmental Economics
Type of the article: Research Article AbstractThis study aims to empirically examine the dynamic effects of geopolitical risk, economic policy uncertainty, and climate policy uncertainty on CO₂ emissions in G7 economies, utilizing annual data from 1990 ...
Nuriddin Shanyazov, Sanaatbek K. Salayev, Samariddin Makhmudov, Ikhtiyor Sharipov, Sanabar Matkuliyeva, Javohir Babajanov, Dilshodbek Saidov   +6 more
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Communicating uncertainty in policy analysis [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018
The term “policy analysis” describes scientific evaluations of the impacts of past public policies and predictions of the outcomes of potential future policies. A prevalent practice has been to report policy analysis with incredible certitude. That is, exact predictions of policy outcomes are routine, while expressions of uncertainty are rare. However,
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On the Quality and Validity of Course Evaluation Questionnaires Used in Tertiary Education in Greece

Trends in Higher Education
In compliance with national legislation, Greek tertiary education institutions assess educational quality often using a standardized anonymous questionnaire completed by students.
Ilias Papadogiannis, Costas Vassilakis, Manolis Wallace, Athanassios Katsis   +3 more
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Trade Policy Uncertainty and the WTO [PDF]

WTO Working Papers, 2014
Do WTO commitments reduce the risk of trade policy reversals? To address this question, we rely on the theoretical model of varying cooperative tariffs by Bagwell and Staiger (1990) to specify our empirical model for the probability of a tariff increase. We then study how WTO tariff commitments affect this probability.
Groppo, Valeria, Piermartini, Roberta
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Interest rate uncertainty as a policy tool? [PDF]

Journal of International Economics, 2020
Nous étudions un nouvel instrument de politique, soit l’incertitude quant à la trajectoire future des taux d’intérêt, qui peut servir à décourager les entrées de capitaux inefficientes et à ajuster la répartition des investissements entre titres à court terme et investissements directs étrangers dans le compte extérieur. Nous déterminons les arbitrages
Fabio Ghironi, Galip Kemal Ozhan
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Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Abstract We develop a new index of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) based on newspaper coverage frequency. Several types of evidence—including human readings of 12,000 newspaper articles—indicate that our index proxies for movements in policy-related economic uncertainty. Our U.S.
Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis   +2 more
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Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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Research on the effect of enterprise financial flexibility on sustainable innovation

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2022
The innovation and development of enterprises are influenced by both internal management and external economic policy uncertainty. This study examines methods for enterprises to ensure the development of sustainable innovation under economic policy ...
Zezhong Hao, Xiuwu Zhang, Jiangying Wei
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