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Towards a Puviani’s Fiscal Illusion Index [PDF]

This paper presents an index of Fiscal Illusion for 68 democratic countries from 1960 to 2006. The theory of Fiscal Illusion studied relates to a wrong perception of government budget aggregates from the voters’ and taxpayers’ perspectives.
Paulo Reis Mourao
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Clarifying nomenclatural uncertainties in Jupunba (Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Molecular phylogenetic studies have prompted substantial revisions in the systematics of the former genus Abarema, resulting in the reinstatement of the genera Punjuba and Jupunba, and a re‐circumscription of Abarema. Despite these advances, some taxa still require nomenclatural adjustments to reflect monophyletic lineages.
Ethiéne Guerra, Marcos Vinicius Batista Soares, Marli Pires Morim, João Ricardo Vieira Iganci   +3 more
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Public capital effects on spanish regions productivity: a non-parametric approach (1965-1998) [PDF]

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on public capital effects on Spanish regions productivity by applying an alternative approach to examine its influence based on a non-parametric FDH production technology with variable scaling parameters
Ramón Mª-Dolores
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Multiple scales of fear: foraging behaviour of white‐naped jays in semiarid landscapes

Oikos, EarlyView.
Animals must constantly balance the need to find resources with the risk of predation. Not only avoiding direct encounters with predators but also assessing the overall risk of their environment using cues, social information or habitat traits at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Maria Carolina Beiriz, Luiz A. M. Mestre, Lorenzo R. S. Zanette   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recurso de protección y recurso de inaplicabilidad

Revista de Derecho Público, 2015
Este trabajo versa sobre las posibles relaciones e interrelaciones que pueden establecerse en el funcionamiento y operatividad de los recursos de inaplicabilidad (Rl) y recursos de proteccion (RP). Aun cuando aparentemente se trata de instituciones diferentes y desconectadas entre si, es posible observar sin embargo, a lo menos, dos tipos de relaciones:
openaire   +1 more source

A projection model of the contributory pension expenditure of the spanish social security system: 2004-2050 [PDF]

The need for long-term fiscal projections is self evident. Of these projections, pension expenditure is one of the most important since firstly it represents a large share of total expenditure, and secondly because of the positive correlation between ...
Cío Patxot, Guadalupe Souto, Joan Gil, Jorge Onrubia, Miguel Angel López García   +4 more
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Marine trophic architecture and hidden ecological connections in the Strait of Magellan: keystone species and ecosystem resilience

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding the ecological implications of species coexistence is central to biodiversity studies and to identify environmental and anthropogenic drivers of ecosystem dynamics, where ecological network analysis offers valuable insights. This study examines the complexity, structure, and potential responses to disturbances of the Strait of Magellan's ...
Claudia D. Andrade, Taryn Sepúlveda, Cristóbal Rivera, Cristian Aldea, Tomás I. Marina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A assistência estudantil nos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia

SER Social, 2018
O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a execução do Programa Nacional de Assistência Estudantil, a partir das normativas institucionais dos 38 Institutos Federais de Educação (IFs) e seus campi, para identificar as ações priorizadas.
Talita Prada, Mônya Carla da Costa Surdine   +1 more
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Imperfect factor mobility, unemployment, and the short-period incidence of a capital income tax [PDF]

A crucial feature of the short-run perspective in many policy-relevant issues is the existence of unemployment due to wage rigidities. At the same time, imperfections in the degree of factor mobility between sectors or regions determine the nature and ...
José Manuel González-Páramo
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves, Denis Valle, Aline S. Tavares, Thais Q. Morcatty, Marcelo D. Vidal, Tatiana Schor, Eduardo M. von Mühlen, David S. Wilcove   +7 more
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