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STATE‐LED RURALIZATION AND ITS URBAN ENTANGLEMENTS: Agribusiness Land Transfers in Rural China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 277-292, March 2026.
Abstract As urbanization takes on forms and spaces beyond the typical city, urban theorists have questioned how the field can comprehend the rural. Drawing on recent theories in rural geography, I propose the concept of ‘state‐led ruralization’, which I define as state agencies’ deliberate effort to reshape rural social space by regulating the ...
Ettore Santi
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German banks - a declining industry? [PDF]

, 2003
This paper is a draft for the chapter "German banks and banking structure" of the forthcoming book "The German financial system" edited by J.P. Krahnen and R.H. Schmidt (Oxford University Press).
Hackethal, Andreas
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Gentrification, Urban Informality, and Displacement in Bangkok

The Developing Economies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 71-88, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the recent complex dynamics of urban transformation and spatial exclusion affecting the urban lower class. Emerging cities such as Bangkok experience rapid and compressed development in which the characteristics and challenges of both developed and developing cities co‐occur.
Tamaki Endo
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Global strategies to overcome the spiral of decline in universal bank markets [PDF]

, 1998
Although there has been an increase in the overall financial services market, the profitability of banks world-wide has decreased from the early 1980s to the 1990s.
Blackman, ID, Holland, CP, Lockett, AG
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Creditor Rights and Legal Transaction Costs

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 4-23, March 2026.
ABSTRACT I estimate the relationship between increased creditor rights and legal expenditures of debtor corporations by evaluating a securitization law in India allowing secured creditors to seize collateral. The law reduced spending on legal proceedings used by firms to avoid foreclosure, because debt‐related litigation decreased.
Dhruv Chand Aggarwal
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Along the Silenced Footsteps of Latin American Pastoralists: From Mexico to Argentina, a Journey Through Pastoral Systems in Latin America

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Pastoralism worldwide faces a complex landscape of increased pressures and exclusion. Beyond ecological and economic challenges, pastoralists suffer eroding cultural identity, limited generational renewal, and political marginalization. Yet pastoral livelihoods are increasingly recognized as stewards of sustainable futures and amongst the best
Greta Semplici, Pablo Manzano
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When property becomes rent

American Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 45-56, February 2026.
Abstract For millions of working‐class Mexicans, property has turned into rent. This transformation has fundamentally dislocated social reproduction in Mexico by eroding households’ ability to envision themselves as holders of patrimony and as lasting social formations. To understand how and to what effect property turned into rent, we must look to the
Inés Escobar González
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Second Chance: Life with Less Student Debt

The Journal of Finance, Volume 81, Issue 1, Page 507-550, February 2026.
ABSTRACT We exploit an episode of plausibly random debt discharge due to the loss of paperwork for thousands of defaulted borrowers to examine the effects of private student debt relief on borrower outcomes. We find that borrowers who receive debt relief (treated) experience declines in debt balances and delinquency rates on other accounts, and ...
MARCO DI MAGGIO, ANKIT KALDA, VINCENT YAO   +2 more
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Entitlement by Registration: Regulated Deregulation and the Formalisation of Short‐Term Rentals in Lisbon

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract One of the primary mechanisms used to regulate short‐term rentals (STRs) is the creation of a registry. However, far from being a measure to mitigate the impact of this market, we argue that by issuing licences, governments have effectively transformed STRs into legally protected assets, giving landlords and investors the stability to operate ...
Gianluca Bei, Agustín Cocola‐Gant
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Losing Unequally: Financialisation, Productivity and the Finance Wage Premium

Industrial Relations Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 32-46, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper provides an expanded analytical framework on the effects of financialisation on the finance wage premium. Current analyses focus on how financial deregulation has increased employee compensation in the financial sectors via rent‐sharing.
Giorgos Gouzoulis, Iris Nikolopoulou
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