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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama +3 more
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Greed, Impatience and Exchange Rate Determination [PDF]
This paper offers a theoretical explanation for the determination of exchange rates under specific conditions which can/could be found in some OECD and newly industrialised countries.
Frank Bohn
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Revisiting the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Crime: A Global Analysis
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing upon extensive literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) spillovers, we hypothesize that FDI inflow represents a double‐edged sword with respect to crime in host countries. On one hand, FDI can contribute to economic growth and social well‐being by infusing capital and knowledge into the host countries, thereby potentially ...
Yuan Chen +3 more
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Growth, Volatility and Political Instability: Non-Linear Time-Series Evidence for Argentina, 1896-2000 [PDF]
What is the relationship between economic growth and its volatility? Does political instability affect growth directly or indirectly, through volatility?
Menelaos G. Karanasos, Nauro F. Campos
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Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Adolescents must plan their educational and occupational futures in a context shaped by globalization, social inequalities, and environmental crises. Although career guidance increasingly emphasizes sustainable and inclusive development, empirical interventions integrating social justice, sustainability, and critical consciousness ...
Sara Santilli +5 more
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Measuring Institutions: Indicators of Political Rights, Property Rights and Political Instability in Malawi [PDF]
This paper aims to construct a new set of institutional indicators for Malawi. Our political freedom index correlates strongly with the Freedom House political rights and civil liberties indices, but consists of a far longer time series, which can be ...
Johannes Fedderke, Julia Garlick
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Revisiting the Ancient Origins of Gender Inequality
Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study re‐examines the long‐term effect of traditional plough use on contemporary gender roles, as originally advanced by Alesina, Giuliano and Nunn [Quarterly Journal of Economics (2013) Vol. 128, pp. 469–530]. The findings demonstrate that the reduced‐form relationship between historical plough adoption and female empowerment is robust ...
Trung V. Vu
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Political Instability and the August 1998 Ruble Crisis [PDF]
The main objective of this study is to highlight the importance of political instability, defined as frequent changes in and of government, in undermining the Russian exchange rate based stabilization program of the 1990s. The empirical evidence supports
Omar F. Saqib, Tatiana Fic
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Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study employed an ecological perspective to examine the relationship between school counselors’ perceived social determinants of health (SDoH) competency and demographic, psychosocial, and contextual factors, including professional self‐efficacy, psychological empowerment, critical consciousness, and structural empowerment (SE).
Tevin Middleton +2 more
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