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Dynamics of temporal influence in polarised networks. [PDF]

PLoS One
Pena CB, O'Sullivan DJP, MacCarron P, Saxena A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Epistocracy and the Commitment Problem

Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The epistocracy debate has turned largely on the character of the electorate—what voters know, whether competence filters can be designed well, and what filtered selection produces. Another strand has focused on the legitimacy of epistocratic justifications. I ask instead about the equilibrium effects of the institution.
Simon Goldstein
wiley   +1 more source

Risk formulation mechanism among top global energy companies under large shocks. [PDF]

PLoS One
Qi X, Zhao T.
europepmc   +1 more source

What Do Mini‐Publics Prove?

Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lottocracy is a novel political arrangement that replaces elected politicians with ordinary citizens selected at random. It is unlike any political system that currently exists, so it is natural to have anxiety about how it would work in practice. To mollify these concerns, many lottocrats point to the successful performance of mini‐publics as
Brian Kogelmann
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness and implementation of an indigenous-led mailed smoking cessation intervention for aboriginal and torres strait islander people: outcomes of a hybrid type 1 trial. [PDF]

Nicotine Tob Res
Kennedy M, Booth K, Bryant J, Collis F, Roberts-Barker K, Mills Z, Bonevski B, Maddox R, Chamberlain C, Segan C, Doran C, Leigh L.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Now, Again and Again: The Metaphysics of Many Presents

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper discusses whether there can be multiple present moments. After presenting some reasons for thinking that the question is worthwhile, I challenge several objections to its possibility: worries about the exclusivity of tense; the nature of change, tense logic and semantics; and the apparent tension between multiple presents and an ...
Nikk Effingham
wiley   +1 more source

Testing for the footprints of stabilization economic policy in forecast errors. [PDF]

PLoS One
Charemza W, Francq C, Lupu R, Makarova S, Zakoïan JM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

We are not doing enough: Truth-telling and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history in Australian Public Health. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Garay J, Dickson M, Angelo C, Clarkson K, Dixon J, Nicholls A, Breth-Petersen M, Silva DS.   +7 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