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Ethics of e-voting: an essay on requirements and values in Internet elections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In this paper, we investigate ethical issues involved in the development and implementation of Internet voting technology. From a phenomenological perspective, we describe how voting via the Internet mediates the relation between people and democracy. In
Becker, M.J., Pieters, W.
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Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Eyes Off the Earth? Public Opinion Regarding Climate Science and NASA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In this brief, authors Lawrence Hamilton, Jessica Brunacini, and Stephanie Pfirman report the results of two nationwide Polar, Environment, and Science surveys on climate change conducted in 2016, as well as a follow-up April 2017 Granite State Poll ...
Brunacini, Jessica   +2 more
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing AI & Innovation

open access: yes
AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
Mirko Farina   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How does the Kids SIPsmartER program impact the sugar‐sweetened beverage intake of students: An investigation beyond total treatment effect in randomized controlled trial

open access: yesAmerican 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
wiley   +1 more source

Why are Latin Americans so unhappy about reforms? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper uses opinion surveys to document discontent with the pro-market reforms implemented by most Latin American countries during the 1990s. The paper also explores four possible sets of explanations for this discontent: (i) a general drift of the ...
Mónica Yañez, Ugo Panizza
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Trust in E-government as a Tool to Shape Political Trust Between Urban and Rural Residents: An Empirical Study Based on Trust Theories

open access: yesSAGE Open
The adoption of e-government is regarded as a potential way to improve people’s trust in government. However, due to the digital divide rooted in urban-rural divide, the impacts of e-government use on urban and rural residents’ political trust might be ...
Xuling Lin, Rongcan Zeng
doaj   +1 more source

Forging Success : Soviet Managers and False Accounting, 1943 to 1962 [PDF]

open access: yes
Attempting to satisfy their political masters in a target-driven culture, Soviet managers had to optimize on many margins simultaneously. One of these was the margin of truthfulness.
Harrison, Mark
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