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Is Political Ideology Stable? Evidence from Long-Serving Members of the United States Congress
Economies, 2019 This study extends the political science and political psychology literature on the political ideology of lawmakers by addressing the following question: How stable is a legislator’s political ideology over time? In doing so, we employ Nokken−
Franklin G. Mixon +2 more
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Revisionist Public Choice Theory
New Political Economy, 2008 In a recent essay, Thomas Christiano coined a distinction between ‘mainstream’ and ‘revisionist’ rational choice political theory, and cast us in the role of revisionist theorists.1 While we disagr...
Brennan, H Geoffrey, Hamlin, Alan
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Aggressive prostate cancer is associated with pericyte dysfunction
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Tumor‐produced TGF‐β drives pericyte dysfunction in prostate cancer. This dysfunction is characterized by downregulation of some canonical pericyte markers (i.e., DES, CSPG4, and ACTA2) while maintaining the expression of others (i.e., PDGFRB, NOTCH3, and RGS5).
Anabel Martinez‐Romero +11 more
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Health system efficiency and democracy: A public choice perspective. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Roessler M, Schmitt J.
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Public Choice with Unequally Rational Individuals [PDF]
As governments lack the rationality-promoting selective pressures of market competition, the standard (unbounded) rationality assumption is less legitimate in Public Choice than in analysis of markets.
Pelikan, Pavel
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From Models to Experiments [PDF]
, 2018 In this paper we discuss James Buchanan’s contribution in the narrow domain of understanding committee voting under majority rule. We then go on to discuss Charles Plott’s seminal experimental work on the topic that sparked a wave of public choice ...
Hersch, Gil, Houser, Daniel
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.ERRFI1, a neural crest (NC)‐associated gene, was upregulated in melanoma and negatively correlated with the expression of melanocytic differentiation markers and the susceptibility of melanoma cells toward BRAF inhibitors (BRAFi). Knocking down ERRFI1 significantly increased the sensitivity of melanoma cells to BRAFi.
Nina Wang +8 more
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Is the state really a Leviathan? Testing the model of Buchanan and Brennan in Europe
Managerial Economics, 2014 This article is an attempt to synthetically present and test the main conclusions of the State- as-Leviathan model. In the first part, the main assumptions of the model are described.
Michał Możdżeń
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Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review of overdiagnosis and its implications
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Low‐dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer may increase overdiagnosis compared to no screening, though the risk is likely low versus chest X‐ray. Our review of 8 trials (84 660 participants) shows added costs. Further research with strict adherence to modern nodule management strategies may help determine the extent to which ...
Fiorella Karina Fernández‐Sáenz +12 more
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The Public Sector in the Czech Republic in Light of the Public Choice Theory [PDF]
Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal, 2016 The aim of this paper is to discuss pros and cons of the current ways how the role of government in the society is analysed. In our analysis, macroeconomic aggregates provided by the satellite accounts of the public sector are used as an alternative ...
Václav Rybáček
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