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Volunteers in the Smart City: Comparison of Contribution Strategies on Human-Centered Measures

open access: yesSensors, 2018
Provision of smart city services often relies on users contribution, e.g., of data, which can be costly for the users in terms of privacy. Privacy risks, as well as unfair distribution of benefits to the users, should be minimized as they undermine user ...
Stefano Bennati   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Growth and inequality in public good provision

open access: yes, 2017
In a novel experimental design, we study public good games with dynamic interdependencies, where each agent's wealth at the end of period t serves as her endowment in t+1.
S. Gächter   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Eritrean Refugees in Buffalo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Eritrea was once part of Ethiopia, but began a struggle for independence in the 1960s and finally became established as a separate country in 1993. The civil war that preceded the separation lasted for approximately 30 years, beginning while Eritrea was ...
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core   +1 more source

Successful Leadership in Global Public Good Provision: Incorporating Behavioural Approaches

open access: yes, 2017
In the standard model of voluntary public good provision and other game theoretic models, climate-friendly leadership of a country is not successful: A unilateral increase of this country’s greenhouse gas abatement measures, i.e., contributions to the ...
W. Buchholz, T. Sandler
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Experiments in interdisciplinarity: Responsible research and innovation and the public good

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2018
In Europe, responsible research and innovation (RRI) has emerged as a science policy measure that demands the early integration of a broad range of social actors and perspectives into research and development (R&D).
A. Delgado, Heidrun Åm
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Raising the Minimum Wage: Key Facts and Figures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In New York State, roughly 37% or workers earn low wages (less than $15 per hour, or $31,200 per year). In Erie County, the percentage is 41% (159,800 of 393,600 wage-earning workers). 94% of low wage workers in New York State are age 20 or over.
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core   +1 more source

The West Dallas environmental health project: the importance of community health experiences related to air pollution

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
Racial and ethnic minorities experience a disproportionate exposure to air pollutants, such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), due to historical racial zoning increasing in proximity to industrial facilities.
Xiara Favorite   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Community Benefit Agreement for the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The BNMC is the region’s largest economic development project. Clustering health institutions together on one campus creates many collaborations and efficiencies and increases the potential for spin-off job creation.
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core   +1 more source

Monopolizing sanctioning power under noise eliminates perverse punishment but does not increase cooperation

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2016
We run several experiments which allow us to compare cooperation under perfect and imperfect information in a centralized and decentralized punishment regime.
Sven Fischer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Integrated Approach to Fighting Blight and Poverty in Buffalo’s Low-income Neighborhoods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
xhousingneighborhoods__an_integrated_approach_to_fighting_blight_and_poverty_in_buffalos_low_income_neighborhoods.pdf: 58 downloads, before Oct.
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