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Racial bias in criminal sentencing: Historical evidence from Chinese railway workers in British Columbia

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract Do discriminatory attitudes held in the public influence public institutions? We study this question within the context of the criminal justice system of historical British Columbia (BC). During the late 1870s and early 1880s, an influx of Chinese immigrant workers employed in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was the catalyst
Kris Inwood, Ian Keay, Blair Long
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of global distributive justice principles for implementation of the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the era of the sixth mass extinction, reversing global biodiversity loss is of vital importance for life on Earth. In 2022, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), a strategic plan with 23 action‐oriented targets to be achieved by 2030.
Ina Lehmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking and classifying objects with DAS data along railway

open access: hybrid
Simon Leander Berg Fredriksen   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

China's Belt and Road Initiative in Pakistan: Bureaucratic Coordination and Chinese State‐led Development Abroad

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines China's bureaucratic approach to international development cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, focusing on bureaucratically structured policy coordination as a core mechanism. It highlights the central role of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) — China's top economic planning agency — in ...
Hong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Doubling Down Political Budget Cycles: The Role of State‐Owned Enterprises

open access: yesEconomics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the degree and nature of political budget cycles in public investments when two instruments are available: investments by core governments and, more indirectly, by state‐owned enterprises (SOEs). While fiscal pressure on core budgets may induce politicians to shift election‐induced investments to SOEs, voters' uncertainties in clearly
Zareh Asatryan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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