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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
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Selfish and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting [PDF]
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting.
Elinder, Mikael +2 more
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Generative AI—the Transgression of Technology
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article offers a systems‐theoretical analysis of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) grounded in Niklas Luhmann's sociology of technology. It addresses a central conceptual problem: How GenAI can be understood within a theoretical framework that has traditionally defined technology as a means of stabilising action through causal ...
Jesper Tække
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Making Data Work: Using Conversation and Interaction Analysis to Study Data Science Education
Teaching Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article presents a methodological approach that combines conversation analysis (CA) and interaction analysis (IA) to examine how students reason with data in collaborative settings, using food justice as an illustrative case. While traditional analytical approaches in data science education often rely on individual cognitive measures or ...
Marc T. Sager
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Do Sovereign‐Environmental, Social and Governance (S‐ESG) Commitments Promote Financial Inclusion?
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given the need to respect humanity, the environment, and society, and the progressive development of social responsibility, environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and the need for ethical and sustainable finance, this paper aims to examine the impact of sovereign ESG on financial inclusion (FI).
Inès Gharbi +2 more
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The Political Economy of Publicly Provided Private Goods [PDF]
A large share of public funds is spent on private goods (education, health care, day care, etc.). This paper integrates two different approaches to the analysis of public provision of private goods.
Blomquist, Sören, Christiansen, Vidar
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Veterinary Record, Volume 196, Issue 6, 15/22 March 2025.Abstract Background It is clinically relevant to predict outcomes in dogs with acute kidney injury (AKI) treated with haemodialysis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of contrast‐enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and its role in discriminating between AKI and acute impairment associated with chronic kidney disease (AKI/CKD).
Caterina Puccinelli +3 more
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Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects [PDF]
Do governments increase public employment in election years? This paper answers this question by using data from Sweden and Finland, two countries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different points in time.
Eva Mörk, Matz Dahlberg
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Exploratory Laparotomy After Routine Cardiac Surgery: Results From 17,000 Patients
World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.Exploratory laparotomy is rare after open‐heart surgery, and it was performed for gastrointestinal complications that occurred in the context of other severe postoperative complications. Several factors were associated with the need for exlap, including increasing age, pre‐existing renal and vascular disease, and pre‐ and post‐operative shock. ABSTRACT
Megan Turner +16 more
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Is German Domestic Social Policy Politically Controversial? [PDF]
This paper investigates empirically the influence of government ideology on social policy using German data. Examining the funding and the benefits of social security and public healthcare policy, my results suggest that policies implemented by ...
Niklas Potrafke
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