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INFLUÊNCIA DA CONEXÃO POLÍTICA NA DIVERSIFICAÇÃO DOS GRUPOS EMPRESARIAIS BRASILEIROS [PDF]
RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2013 The theoretical approach based on political economics is shown to provide alternative explanations for the phenomenon of business group diversification in Brazil in relation to the approach based on transaction costs economics.
Maick Costa +2 more
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AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The rapid advancement of large language model (LLM) technology is profoundly transforming the practice of social science research. Scholarly discussions on Artificial Intelligence (AI)'s role in social science research can be organised into three levels: AI as a research tool, AI as a methodological infrastructure and AI as a quasi‐cognitive ...
Jie Xiong
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind:The Value of Political Connections in Social Networks [PDF]
This paper investigates the impact of social-network connections to politicians on firm value. We focus on the networks of university classmates and alumni among directors of U.S. public firms and congressmen.
Yen-Teik Lee +3 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt +6 more
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Hazards of political connections for shareholders [PDF]
, 2022 In this dissertation I examine hazards of firms’ political connections for shareholders. I first synthesize, by means of a systematic literature review, existing evidence on the benefits and costs of corporate political connections for shareholders and ...
Preuss, Susanne Charlotte-Pauline Genevieve; id_orcid
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen +3 more
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Surprising connections in political history : Portugal and Finland
, 2019 It is not commonly known that Portugal and Finland have connections in their respective political histories, given their geographical location at the opposite ends of the European peninsula.
Sargento Freitas, Luís
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Corporate political activity and firm performance - a systematic review [PDF]
, 2013 Corporate political activity (CPA) has been recognized as a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Its proponents, mostly nonmarket strategy researchers, argue that political capital enables firms to influence their regulatory and policy ...
Liedong, Tahiru Azaaviele
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin +5 more
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Political Connections and Investment in Rural Vietnam [PDF]
This paper uses household panel data from rural Vietnam to explore the effects of having a relative in a position of political or bureaucratic power on farmers. agricultural investment decisions.
Finn Tarp, Thomas Markussen
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