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Addressing environmental misperceptions for nature recovery
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract A poorly understood and systemic challenge to global conservation agreements is shifting baseline syndrome (SBS), wherein people misperceive the extent to which nature has changed. This can diminish societal expectations for nature recovery. We broadened the conceptual framing of SBS beyond the more common elements of nature loss to include ...
Shuo Gao +3 more
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The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism
Economic Affairs, EarlyView.Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani +2 more
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Amphibian Habits: Freedom, Death, and History in Hegel's Account Of Second Nature
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Hegel's concept of habit is key to his account of social freedom. But it also appears preclude free reflection on social norms. Recent readers have either minimized this problem or concluded from it that social freedom necessarily implies new forms of unfreedom. This paper aims to avoid the latter conclusion while taking seriously its critical
Eskil Elling
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Fake reviews in the ‘here and now’: Psychological distance and falsified online reviews
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract There is a growing popularity of consumer reviews on online platforms that is attached to an increase in the pervasiveness of falsified online reviews. The key aim of this study is to provide insights into how falsified online reviews are created by exploring the perceptions of the psychological distance of the creators of falsified reviews ...
Lloyd C. Harris, Doga Istanbulluoglu
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Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi +3 more
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Network hubs supporting memory encoding: Implications for cognitive preservation in epilepsy surgery
Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Memory impairments are common in neurological disorders, especially drug‐resistant epilepsy, where cognitive deficits such as accelerated long‐term forgetting may occur before surgery due to interictal/ictal discharges, antiseizure medications, and disease progression.
Barbora Matouskova +9 more
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