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Two Regimes of Waste and Value: ‘Post‐Disaster’ Landscapes in a New India

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this age of ‘disaster capitalism’, catastrophes are neither ‘natural’ nor ‘external’. They are political events mediating and vitally shaping the unequal and exploitative use of environmental resources. India's ‘post‐disaster’ landscapes at the turn of the new millennium powerfully demonstrate how visions of the new‐normal can be imposed in
Vasudha Chhotray, David Singh
wiley   +1 more source

A critique of monetary protectionism [PDF]

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An argument against attempts to achieve current-account objectives through monetary manipulation of nominal exchange rates, with an explanation of why such tampering--which for various reasons might appear politically attractive--ultimately harms ...
Owen F. Humpage, W. Lee Hoskins
core  

Minimum Quality Standard and Protectionism [PDF]

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We studied the protectionist character of a minimum quality standard (MQS). We show that in the fixed cost model where two firms, one local and one foreign, compete in a local market, the implementation of a MQS on the local market is a protectionist ...
Bonroy, Olivier
core  

Sectoral Adaptation and Strategic Resilience: The Impact of Sanctions on Russian Corporate Performance (2014–2021)

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the sectoral impact of Western sanctions on Russian corporate performance from 2014 to 2021 using a panel of listed nonfinancial firms. Applying continuous‐time heterogeneous treatment models and difference‐in‐differences estimators, we document persistent divergence across sectors: The energy sector exhibits sustained ...
Eugene Nivorozhkin
wiley   +1 more source

Regional integration and the new type of commercial warfare [PDF]

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The lowest the number of the regional integration areas, the higher the propensity for protectionism (Krugman). The revival of regional protectionism measures meets the case of a commercial warfare. In the largest integrated market, investors must “play”
Rotaru, Marius-Petre
core   +1 more source

The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Development and validation of internet literacy scale for high school students. [PDF]

open access: yesEduc Inf Technol (Dordr), 2023
Ma S, Wang Y, Shu Z, Duan Z, Sun L.
europepmc   +1 more source

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