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Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Political consumerism (PC) refers to consumers boycotting or deliberately buying (“buycotting”) products or brands for political, moral, or ethical reasons. This paper presents three studies that consider the intricacies of the relationship between political ideology and political consumerism.
Lara J. Greening +3 more
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James Michael Curley, a four-time mayor of Boston, used wasteful redistribution to his poor Irish constituents and incendiary rhetoric to encourage richer citizens to emigrate from Boston, thereby shaping the electorate in his favor.
Andrei Shleifer, Edward L. Glaeser
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The 2014 Victorian State Election [PDF]
Victoria is earning a reputation for producing surprising election results. According to political commentators and the opinion polls, the 1999 election was expected to return the Coalition Government and the 2010 election was expected to return the ...
Bella Lesman +3 more
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Breaking Down Online and Digital Reporting Practices: A Research Map From Websites to Social Media
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper adopts a mixed research methodology, integrating bibliometric and systematic literature review (SLR) tools, to systematise the academic contributions and the different bodies of knowledge generated over the last decades on online and digital reporting practices, ranging from websites to social media.
Giuseppe Nicolò +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Tactical transfers in a federal institutional setting [PDF]
One of the main scope for studying political economy is to understand how income redistribution is determined. In the paper tactical redistribution, through which candidates aim at maximizing the share of votes obtained in an election, is analyzed in a ...
Gabriele Guggiola
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International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Eating disorders (EDs) are severe and complex psychiatric illnesses, with adolescence and young adulthood representing particularly vulnerable periods for onset, relapse and disruptions in treatment. The transition from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) is especially complex ...
Maria Livanou +19 more
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The size and scope of government: Comparative politics with rational politicians [PDF]
We try to demonstrate how economists may engage in research on comparative politics, relating the size and composition of government spending to the political system.
Persson, Torsten, Tabellini, Guido
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Market reform and state paternalism in Hungary: a path-dependent approach [PDF]
, 2009 Hungary is one of the worst-hit countries of the current financial crisis in Central and Eastern Europe. The deteriorating economic performance of the country is, however, not a recent phenomenon.
Benczes, István
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For the Few, Not the Many: Tracing the Residualist and Compensatory Nature of British Energy Support
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on extensive documentary analysis, this article traces the evolution of British energy policy support since World War II. It analyses shifts in policy design through two interpretive lenses: eligibility (residualist vs. universalist) and function (compensatory vs. preventive).
T. M. Croon +4 more
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Equitable Seat Allocation in Spanish General Elections: A Weight Redistribution Approach
This research paper aims to reduce and minimize the disproportions (overrepresentation or underrepresentation) involved in some Proportional Representation (PR) rules such as D’Hondt Law, applied in the Spanish elections. To do this, we create a system of weighted seats that corrects these deviations. These weighted seats give a proportional allocation
Javier Rodrigo +2 more
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