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The Power of Renewal: Status Quo Bias Impacts Voter Approval of School Spending Referendums

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract Status quo bias often impacts decisions about private goods and is hypothesized to influence voter choice. This paper offers a clean, direct, real‐world test of status quo bias's effect on voter support for school spending. We take advantage of a unique Minnesota rule that requires ballot language to disclose and distinguish between new and ...
Corey Lang, Rachel Ricchio
wiley   +1 more source

Young men with intellectual disabilities' perceptions of HPV and HPV vaccine: A qualitative study on how to communicate HPV vaccine information. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother
Carnegie E, Gray-Brunton C, Kennedy C, Pow J, Willis D, Whittaker A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Resilience as a Fiscal Input: County Financial Condition in an Open Systems Framework

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how community resilience shapes local fiscal health by integrating the Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities (BRIC) into an open‐systems framework of public finance. Using financial data from U.S. counties for fiscal years 2016 and 2021, we examined whether the six BRIC domains explain variation in operating ...
Jungmin Hwang, Junghwa Choi, Sojin Jang, Craig S. Maher   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cannabis and psychosis: minimising harm while maximising therapeutic potential. [PDF]

Br J Psychiatry
Patel R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unintended Consequences of Fiscal Governance Rules on the Long‐Term Financial Position of State Governments

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fiscal governance rules are viewed as prudent tools that promote balanced budgets, lower tax burdens, and ensure modest use of long‐term debt. However, these rules can create incentives that inadvertently worsen the government's long‐term financial position. Focusing on unfunded retiree benefits and long‐term debt, this study finds that states
Sharon N. Kioko
wiley   +1 more source

Potential consumer response to the healthy symbol proposed by the U.S. food and Drug Administration. [PDF]

Heliyon
Hyink J, McFadden BR, Ellison B.
europepmc   +1 more source

There Is Always a Bigger Fish. Determinants of Power Perceptions in Swiss Biodiversity Policy

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) views power as crucial in policy processes, but the nature of coalition power, its determinants, and how to empirically measure it remain understudied. In this article, we use a mixed method approach and social network analysis to explore power relationships in the biodiversity policy subsystem in ...
Alix d'Agostino, Jascha Egli, Daniel Kübler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community attitudes and Indigenous health disparities: evidence from Australia's Voice referendum. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health West Pac
Saxby K, Aitken Z, Burchill L, Zhang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Democratic Values in Citizen Participation: What Citizens Prioritize in Participation

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citizen participation is often initiated to strengthen democracy. While participatory innovations are typically assessed through normative frameworks emphasizing democratic values, little is known about which of these values are prioritized by citizens.
Take Sipma, Frank Hendriks
wiley   +1 more source

Health, mental health, and hearing indigenous voices. [PDF]

Australas Psychiatry
Amos A.
europepmc   +1 more source