Testing for the footprints of stabilization economic policy in forecast errors. [PDF]
PLoS OneCharemza W +4 more
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Philanthropy for the Disenfranchised
Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Philanthropy has an uneasy relationship with democracy. It distributes decision‐making power plutocratically, in proportion to wealth. It allows unelected, unaccountable, and often untrustworthy individuals to shape social outcomes. And it does so in domains where democracy should be authoritative. Yet, at the same time, philanthropy does much
Jacob Barrett
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Risk formulation mechanism among top global energy companies under large shocks. [PDF]
PLoS OneQi X, Zhao T.
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Bonds on the Ballot: What Voters (Don't) Know About Debt Financing and Why It Matters
Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.Abstract American subnational governments commonly require voters to approve bond proposals, reflecting historical concerns about legislative shortsightedness. Yet voters need an understanding of how bond financing works to make choices consistent with preferences. Existing literature makes it unclear whether voters have such knowledge.
Shanna Pearson‐Merkowitz +3 more
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We are not doing enough: Truth-telling and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history in Australian Public Health. [PDF]
PLOS Glob Public HealthGaray J +7 more
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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
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Trading-off health safety, civil liberties, and unemployment based on communication strategies: the social dilemma in fighting pandemics. [PDF]
PLoS OneVeseli B, Seifert R, Clement M, Shehu E.
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 +3 more
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Recent insights on direct democracy: Arguments, drivers, effects and conditions. [PDF]
Open Res EurŞimşek C +4 more
europepmc +1 more source