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The savage was a familiar as well as deeply problematic figure in late‐Victorian literary and scientific imaginaries. Savages provided an unstable but capacious and flexible signifier to explore human development and human difference, most often in ways that followed a disturbing racial logic.
Diarmid A. Finnegan
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Revolving door benefits? The consequences of the revolving door for political access
AbstractDo policymakers grant greater access to organized interests employing their former colleagues? While a growing literature examines the “revolving door” between business and politics, we know little about whether organized interests can extract political favors by hiring revolvers.
Benjamin C. K. Egerod +2 more
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Amendment Thresholds and Voting Rules in Debt Contracts
ABSTRACT Most loan contracts in the United States contain a provision for lender voting rules. We study the optimal voting rule that allows lenders to waive a covenant violation. When lenders have heterogeneous preferences, lenient voting rules increase the probability of waivers that allow inefficient investments.
JUDSON CASKEY +2 more
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This paper aimed to evaluate the product innovation as a resource in the internationalization process of an emerging multinational (EMN), the Brazilian company Taurus in the North American market.
Marcelo André Machado +1 more
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Liquiditätsmodellierung von Kreditzusagen (term facilities and revolver) [PDF]
This paper discusses the management of loan commitments (Kreditzusagen). First, we elaborate on the necessary steps to efficiently manage liquidity facilities.
Heidorn, Thomas +2 more
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Geologists on the silver screen—the sequel
As geologists, our interest is piqued when geological processes—with varying degrees of accuracy—are portrayed in movies and especially when a geologist unexpectedly appears on screen, even in a minor role. More than a decade ago, during a coffee break, we started talking about movies that feature geologists.
Erik Sturkell +3 more
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The Costs and Consequences of Gun Control [PDF]
In politicizing mass murders, gun control advocates, such as President Obama, insist that more laws against firearms can enhance public safety. Over and over again, there are calls for common sense gun controls, such as a system of universal background ...
David B. Kopel
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ABSTRACT Purpose Military Veterans and rural residents are at greater risk of firearm injury than non‐Veterans and urban residents. This retrospective cohort study used administrative data and electronic health record (EHR) reviews to compare the characteristics of firearm injuries between rural and urban Veterans who presented to the Department of ...
AnnaMarie S. O'Neill +6 more
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Reported Crimes and Misdeeds by Concealed Weapons License and Permit Holders [PDF]
The gun lobby claims that only ìlaw-abiding citizensî have concealed weapons licenses or permits. From that assumption, the gun lobby argues that having more people carrying loaded, concealed firearms makes society "safer." Both claims are false.Studies ...
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ALEA's Opera Evening, February 8 and 10, 1990 [PDF]
This is the concert program of ALEA's Opera Evening performance on Thursday and Saturday, February 8 and 10, 1990 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.
School of Music, Boston University
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