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A positive economics view of short selling [PDF]

Banks and Bank Systems, 2012
One of the most hotly contested investment practices during the global financial crisis (GFC) was short selling, with the strategy receiving attention approaching histrionic proportions from corporate executives, investors, media, regulators and ...
Robert J. Bianchi, Michael E. Drew
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Accounting for Negative, Zero and Positive Willingness to Pay for Landscape Change in a National Park [PDF]

, 2008
"In contingent valuation, despite the fact that many externalities manifest themselves as costs to some and benefits to others, most studies restrict willingness to pay to being non-negative.
Kristrom, Bengt, Watson, F., Sergio Colombo, Bengt Kriström, Kriström, B., Hanley, Nicholas, Hanley, N., Hanley, Nick, Fiona Watson, Nick Hanley, Colombo, Sergio, Colombo, S., Watson, Fiona   +12 more
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A theorem on the methodology of positive economics

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2015
It has long been recognized that the Milton Friedman’s 1953 essay on economic methodology (or F53, for short) displays open-ended unclarities. For example, the notion of “unrealistic assumption” plays a role of absolutely fundamental importance in his ...
Eduardo Pol
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Scale-up of the Internet-based Professional Learning to help teachers promote Activity in Youth (iPLAY) intervention: a hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness trial

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2022
Background Whole-of-school programs have demonstrated success in improving student physical activity levels, but few have progressed beyond efficacy testing to implementation at-scale.
D R Lubans, T Sanders, M Noetel, P Parker, H McKay, PJ Morgan, J Salmon, M Kirwan, A Bennie, L Peralta, R Cinelli, M Moodie, T Hartwig, J Boyer, S G Kennedy, R C Plotnikoff, V Hansen, D Vasconcellos, J Lee, D Antczak, C Lonsdale   +20 more
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FACTORS AFFECTING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION FOR THE STUDENTS OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS FACULTY IN UNIVERSITAS SURABAYA

Manajemen dan Bisnis, 2017
This study aimed to examine the factors affecting entrepreneurial intention of students such as education factor, relationship factor and self-confidence factor from students of Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Surabaya.This study used a ...
Tifani Geovana Suyono, Joseph L. Eko Nugroho, Noviaty Kresna Darmaetiawan   +2 more
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Scaling-up an efficacious school-based physical activity intervention: Study protocol for the ‘Internet-based Professional Learning to help teachers support Activity in Youth’ (iPLAY) cluster randomized controlled trial and scale-up implementation evaluation

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Despite the health benefits of regular physical activity, most children are insufficiently active. Schools are ideally placed to promote physical activity; however, many do not provide children with sufficient in-school activity or ensure they
Chris Lonsdale, Taren Sanders, Kristen E. Cohen, Philip Parker, Michael Noetel, Tim Hartwig, Diego Vasconcellos, Morwenna Kirwan, Philip Morgan, Jo Salmon, Marj Moodie, Heather McKay, Andrew Bennie, Ron Plotnikoff, Renata L. Cinelli, David Greene, Louisa R. Peralta, Dylan P. Cliff, Gregory S. Kolt, Jennifer M. Gore, Lan Gao, David R. Lubans   +21 more
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Ethics in economics

Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2012
Many economists, it is said, "are inclined to deny that moral philosophy has anything to do with economics" (Hausman and McPherson 2006, 291). In this paper I challenge such inclinations by drawing an analogy between economic interventions and human ...
Megan Blomfield
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Do emotions have a positive effect on the decision-making process? neuroscience-based economics approach [PDF]

New Applied Studies in Management, Economics & Accounting, 2019
The combination of research methods conducted in psychology, economics, and neuroscience play an important role in deeper understanding of the causes and effects of emotional processes in decision making.
Amin Salem Ghahfarrokhi, Sahereh Alikhah, Mohsen Rostami, Seyyed Reza Rezaei   +3 more
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Alfred Marshall’s Puzzles. Between Economics as a Positive Science and Economic Chivalry [PDF]

, 2015
Alfred Marshall’s approach to economics hides a paradox. On one hand, the ‘father’ of neoclassical economics strongly favoured conducting economics as a positive science.
Dzionek-Kozłowska, Joanna
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Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Australia, 2010–2022: A Population‐Based Study Using Linked National Administrative Health Data

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous inflammatory condition with widely varying global prevalence estimates. The frequency of SLE in the general population of Australia has been reported to be notably lower than contemporary estimates in countries such as the United States or United Kingdom, at 19 to 39 per 100,000 as opposed ...
Lucinda Roper, Rachel Black, Joanna Tieu, Winnie Chen, Matthew Parker, Catherine Hill, Natasha Nassar, Mandana Nikpour   +7 more
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