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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop +3 more
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Betting on Hitler: The value of political connections in Nazi Germany [PDF]
This paper examines the value of connections between German industry and the Nazi movement in early 1933. Drawing on previously unused contemporary sources about management and supervisory board composition and stock returns, we find that one out of ...
Joachim Voth, Thomas Ferguson
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Political Connections and Insider Trading
, 2020 Politically connected insiders, especially senior officers who hold a director position, are more likely sell shares prior to negative abnormal returns. Politically connected insiders are also more likely to engage in other risky behavior: trading prior ...
Harvison, Thuong Nguyen
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe +2 more
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Politicians “on board”! Do political connections affect banking activities in Italy?
This paper analyzes the effects of political presence in the boards of directors of cooperative banks. We refer our analysis to all politicians (almost 160.000) belonging to a political body in Italy.
Farina, Vincenzo +3 more
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Escaping Political Extraction: Political Participation, Institutions, and Cash Holdings in China [PDF]
We study the effects of political participation on holdings of liquid assets in a transition economy. Previous research has shown that the risk of political extraction by politicians and bureaucrats in countries with weak institutions has an adverse ...
Johansson, Anders C., Feng, Xunan
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn +9 more
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The International Connections of the Regions of the Siberian Federal Okrug: Political Aspects
, 2010 The author examines the political aspects of the international connections of the regions of Russia through the analysis of the activity of the regions of the Siberian Federal Okrug.
O Yu Dubrovina
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Political connections and privatization: Evidence from China
, 2013 We examine how the political connections of acquirers influence the process and outcomes of privatization in China. We find that politically connected acquirers receive preferential treatment and acquire higher quality firms during full privatization ...
Lin, Bingxuan, Tu, Guoqian, Liu, Feng
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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