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The Politics of Detailed Urban Planning: Institutional Change and Urban Rentiership in Madagascar
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article employs a political settlements approach to explore the formal and informal institutional dynamics that underpin contemporary rentier capitalism in urban Africa through the case of Antananarivo, Madagascar. It examines how Malagasy ruling elites created opportunities for land‐based rent seeking by establishing new institutional ...
Fanny Voélin
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Spartan Daily February 9, 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 Volume 138, Issue 7https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/1006/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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'Cease and desist?' The persistence of Marlboro brand imagery in racing video games [PDF]
, 2020 Since 1972, Philip Morris (PM) has sponsored motorsports. Racing video games are a popular genre among youth and often emulate the branding of their real-life counterparts, potentially exposing youth to tobacco imagery. We examined racing video games for
Forsyth, Susan, McDaniel, Patricia A
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Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the sectoral impact of Western sanctions on Russian corporate performance from 2014 to 2021 using a panel of listed nonfinancial firms. Applying continuous‐time heterogeneous treatment models and difference‐in‐differences estimators, we document persistent divergence across sectors: The energy sector exhibits sustained ...
Eugene Nivorozhkin
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Qualitative analysis of young adult ENDS users' expectations and experiences. [PDF]
, 2017 ObjectivesDespite extensive research into the determinants of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) uptake, few studies have examined the psychosocial benefits ENDS users seek and experience.
Hoek, Janet +2 more
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The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
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Vertical transmission of honey bee viruses in a Belgian queen breeding program [PDF]
, 2015 Background: The Member States of European Union are encouraged to improve the general conditions for the production and marketing of apicultural products. In Belgium, programmes on the restocking of honey bee hives have run for many years.
de Graaf, Dirk +3 more
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Permissible Purchasing, Obligatory Abstention: The Strict Vegan Case against New Omnivorism
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent developments in consumer ethics have given rise to a new breed of animal protectionist: the new omnivore. These new wave animal protectionists claim that strict veganism is impermissible for the very reason that typically motivates strict veganism; that is, animal protectionism.
Daniel White
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Employee diversity and litigation risk: Evidence from the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the valuation effects of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which increases potential litigation over discriminatory compensation. Firms with relatively fewer women exhibit significant 3‐day abnormal returns of −0.61% around the passage of the Act, whereas firms with more women show no effect.
Erik Devos +3 more
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