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Mergers and Acquisitions and Brexit: A Natural Experiment
International Journal of Finance &Economics, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 2082-2097, April 2026.ABSTRACT We study the impact of Brexit uncertainty on one of the most important forms of corporate investment: mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Brexit provides us with an ideal natural experiment to explore the real effects of economic uncertainty and understand the underlying transmission mechanism. We document a significant decline in the number of M&
Di Luo +3 more
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Scotland’s twin referendums: revealing regional divides behind national votes
Regional Studies, Regional ScienceScotland’s 2014 independence referendum and the 2016 EU referendum are often interpreted as politically aligned at the national scale, reinforcing a simplified narrative of a strongly pro-independence, pro-EU portion of the Scottish electorate.
Craig Stewart, Xinyi Yuan, Mingshu Wang
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Mediating the Scottish independence debate [PDF]
, 2015 In the six months leading up to the referendum vote on 18 September 2014 Scotland experienced a period of exceptionally heightened political discourse, a widespread form of political participation unusual in western liberal-democracies.
Law, Alex
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Bottling Scotland, drinking Scotland: Scotland's future, the whisky industry and leisure, tourism and public-health policy [PDF]
, 2014 Single-malt whisky is the product of over one hundred distilleries across Scotland, and is the subject of a number of claims about its status as an ‘authentic’ Scottish drink.
Bourdieu P. +11 more
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Journey to the Centre of the State: Catalans in Madrid and Scots in London
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 520-534, April 2026.ABSTRACT In recent years, comparative studies between Scotland and Catalonia have grown substantially, especially those dealing with the territorial embeddedness of these territories in the United Kingdom and Spain. Despite this, comparative research on the integration of Catalans and Scots in the decision‐making of central state institutions is ...
Javier Antón‐Merino
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DEVOLUTION AND INEDEPENDENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: THE CASE OF SCOTLAND [PDF]
Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2010 The aim of this paper is to reflect upon the consequences of the devolutionprocess initiated by the Labour government in 1997. The paper considers thedevelopment of Scottish devolution since its inception up to the present day.In so doing, it establishes
Montserrat Guibernau
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 509-519, April 2026.ABSTRACT Using the case of Polish far‐right activists in Britain, this paper explores how migrants joining far‐right groups in countries of residence reconcile their own transnational lives with nativist attachment to the national soil. The paper adopts an anthropological framework on discursive and performative strategies used to navigate this ...
Rafal Soborski +2 more
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Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015 Constitutional matters were supposed to have been settled in Scotland with the 2014 independence referendum. Yet they re-emerged in the run-up to the 2015 General Election, through traditional issues (the powers of the Scottish Parliament, the prospect ...
Edwige Camp-Pietrain
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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 414-425, April 2026.ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
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All at Sea? Externalities and Cargo Diversion in the Wake of Brexit
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 88, Issue 2, Page 198-212, April 2026.ABSTRACT How does withdrawing from a free trade agreement affect maritime cargo volumes? Are there external effects on freight transport between third‐party countries? Using Brexit as a case study, in a difference‐in‐differences analysis of 2013–2024 port‐level data, I find a 21% decrease in EU‐UK roll‐on roll‐off (Ro‐Ro) volumes, and a 60% decrease in
Ciarán Mac Domhnaill
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