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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.An ensemble model achieved excellent accuracy (AUC = 0.973) in predicting the potential distribution of O. decorus asiaticus. Climate (temperature & August precipitation) and vegetation type are the primary drivers defining the species' suitable habitats.
Du Bobo +5 more
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Symbolic Representation of Bells on Icons in the Context of the Formation of Russian Christian Culture (10th — early 20th centuries) [PDF]
Вестник Екатеринбургской духовной семинарииThe article is devoted to the development of two traditions in Russian Christian culture: icon-painting, adopted from Byzantium, and bell-traditions — from Western countries.
Olesia V. Kuleva
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Building a Potemkin village in occupied China: Japan's wartime system of linked trade, 1939–43
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract The paper discusses the novel but little‐known exchange rate system of Japanese‐occupied North China during the Second Sino‐Japanese War, in which exporters were given the right to import in the form of a piece of yellow paper, which could be sold in the secondary market.
Shinji Takagi
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Studies in the Central Part of the Bolgar Fortified Site (“the Craftsman’s House”)
Поволжская археология, 2013 The results of the 2010 salvage and conservation archaeological research in the territory of the Bolgar fortified site, conducted in the construction zone of the so-called "Memorial Plaque" (excavation trench CXLVIII) are presented in the article.
Gubaydullin Ayrat M.
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The Role of ESG in Shaping the Impact of Financial Development on Banks' Performance
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how financial development, divided into financial markets and financial institutions, affects banks' performance across 93 financially developed countries during the period between 2008 and 2023. The analysis highlights the role of environmental, social and governance readiness as core determinants that reshape ...
Noman Arshed +4 more
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Analysis of Analogies of Oriental Ornamentation in Russian Art of the XIV–XV Centuries
Археология евразийских степейIn the XIV–XV centuries decorative art is being revived in Rus, based on pre-Mongol samples. The main support remained Byzantine samples, where lush floral patterns and Arabic calligraphy continued to be used.
Natalya V. Zhilina
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American Journal of Islam and Society, 2012 In Jewish Identities in Iran, Mehrdad Amanat tries to unearth the roots of Iranian Jews converting to both Islam and the Baha’i faith starting with the Safavid period in the sixteenth century.
Farideh Goldin
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History and Theory, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
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The HaMYB22–HaGST3.2 module mediates salt stress response in sunflower
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.The transcription factors HaMYB22, HaMYB120, and HaMYB121 cooperatively activate the transcription of the glutathione S‐transferase gene HaGST3.2, thereby facilitating the removal of reactive oxygen species induced by salt stress in sunflowers and improving their salt tolerance.
Siqi Zhang +11 more
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