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From One Referendum to the Other: the Scottish Dimension to the Debate over Europe
This paper examines the role played by the European issue in the Scottish referendum campaign, especially the way the SNP tried to use it to its advantage.
Pauline Schnapper
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ABSTRACT To better understand what facilitates reconciliation after violent conflict, we examined the relevance of intergroup contact, conflict appraisals and emotions for reconciliation in post‐conflict Colombia. The first study with Colombian students (N1 = 260) was run shortly after the peace treaty with the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces ...
Helen Landmann+2 more
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Perwujudan Competitive Authoritarianism di Turki pada Perencanaan dan Proses Referendum 2017.
Artikel ini membahas competitive authoritarian regime di Turki pada kasus referendum 2017. Referendum 2017 merupakan inisiasi Erdoğan yang sejak 2011 mengatakan bahwa Turki akan semakin kuat dan stabil apabila menganut sistem presidensial.
Abdul Hafizh Karim, M Hamdan Basyar
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ABSTRACT This research intends to examine how renewable energy (REN) consumption and natural resource (RES) rents affect the environmental impact of consumption in Switzerland. Along with REN and RES, the study considers Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and participatory democracy as other independent variables of interest.
Muhammad Khalid Anser+3 more
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The Constitution Referendum of Turkey And Future of Twofold Political stability and democracy [PDF]
Turkey's constitutional referendum is a recent era of internal developments in Turkey. With the fragile victory of the Justice and Development Party on April 16, 2017, the study of this referendum and developments regarding the future of democracy in the
nesa z, Ebrahim Sarparst Sadat, s a
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Bank Capital Regulation and Derivatives Clearing
ABSTRACT As part of the post global financial crisis banking reforms, regulators introduced a leverage ratio requirement, a minimum capital requirement over a bank's total exposures. We assess the consequences of this requirement for derivative clearing services to clients, which creates exposures for the dealers, by exploiting its earlier introduction
Jonathan Acosta‐Smith+2 more
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The1997 Scottish referendum : an analysis of the Scottish referendum [PDF]
Referendums are rare events in the United Kingdom. Only one UK-wide referendum has been held - on membership of the European Community (as it then was) in 1975 - and before 1997 there had been only three other significant referendums: in 1973, in ...
Bochel, H.+3 more
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Exchange Rate Risk and Deviations From Purchasing Power Parity
ABSTRACT This paper proposes a new solution to the purchasing power parity (PPP) puzzles, arguing that investors' higher‐order risk attitudes, combined with higher‐order uncertainty about nominal exchange rates, as reflected by skewness and kurtosis, drive a risk premium that leads to deviations from PPP.
Michael G. Arghyrou+2 more
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Bears in North America: Habitats, hunting, and politics
We review the management status of the 3 species of bears in North America: the black bear, the grizzly bear, and the polar bear. The history of hunting has played a large role in the current management for bears, but the future viability of bear populations will depend on attention to protecting adequate habitats.
Mark S. Boyce, Andrew E. Derocher
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Dispelling the Myths: The Truth about TABOR and Referendum C [PDF]
During the late 1990s, Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights was praised widely for its effectiveness in restraining the growth of government and providing tax relief for the residents of the state.
Michael New, Stephen Slivinski
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