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Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
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Los pueblos indígenas de América Latina – Abya Yala y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible: tensiones y desafíos desde una perspectiva territorial [PDF]
, 2020 Han pasado 30 años desde la adopción del Convenio sobre Pueblos Indígenas y Tribales, 1989 (núm. 169) de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) y, a pesar de que los Estados de América Latina reconocieron plenamente los derechos de los pueblos ...
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Balancing bossism: State expansion in the face of elite capture
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Central states have often relied on local elites to implement policies in peripheral areas. These strategies may allow otherwise weak states to impose their directives, but they can also be inefficient, particularly when a single elite commands total control over local politics (monopolist capture).
Anna F. Callis, Christopher L. Carter
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Municipalidades en “todo el territorio”. Desafíos en la conformación del Estado de Buenos Aires
Historia Regional, 2020 Durante la década de 1850, los gobiernos locales, provinciales y nacional fueron dirimiendo sus potestades en el marco de la construcción de una nueva centralidad política.
Mariana Canedo
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Perceived costs as drivers of wildlife management preferences in rural Tanzanian communities
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Effectively managing human–wildlife interactions is crucial for fostering coexistence on shared landscapes. Management options are most effective when aligned with the preferences of people directly affected by wildlife, yet little is known about how socioecological factors influence these preferences.
Christian Kiffner +10 more
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Informe sobre el XIII congreso internacional de Ahila
Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura, 2002 Informe sobre el XIII congreso internacional de Ahila , Azores, Entre el 3 y el 6 de septiembre de 2002, en la Universidad de las Azores (Ponta Delgada), sesionó el XIII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Historiadores Latinoamericanistas ...
Fernando Mayorga García
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Evaluating synthetic substitutes to reduce illegal harvesting and support species recovery
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether product substitution prevents illegal or unsustainable harvesting and contributes to the recovery of threatened populations.
Aditya Shekhar Malgaonkar +17 more
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Venezuelan cultural diplomacy during chavism
Comillas Journal of International Relations, 2017 This article is an approach to understand the external cultural actions of the Venezuelan government and its connections with the internal cultural policies that the country has developed since 1999.
Iván Alonso
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Contemporary conservation goals have a greater chance of success when practitioners collaborate with Indigenous communities. The importance of such collaborations has spurred calls by Western and Indigenous researchers to engage in equitable coproduction of ecological research that integrates multiple ways of knowing.
Kathleen A. Carroll +4 more
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Distribución geográfica de las escribanías del reino de Sevilla en el siglo XVI
Documenta & Instrumenta, 2013 Este artículo supone una contribución al conocimiento del notariado en el ámbito rural durante la Edad Moderna a través del estudio de la distribución geográfica de las escribanías de los pueblos y lugares que se encontraban bajo la jurisdicción de la ...
María Luisa Domínguez-Guerrero
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