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‘I, Me, Myself’: Selfhood and Melancholy in the Journals of Gertrude Savile (1697–1758)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the journals of Gertrude Savile from 1727 in light of recent scholarship on early modern and eighteenth‐century melancholy. The concept had myriad associations with medicine, physiology, the imagination, and feeling, but questions remain about how melancholy during this period was considered by those outside the narrow ...
Daniel Beaumont
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A Theory of Dual Labor Markets with Application to Industrial Policy, Discrimination and Keynesian Unemployment [PDF]
This paper develops a model of dual labor markets based on employers' need to motivate workers. In order to elicit effort from their workers, employers may find it optimal to pay more than the going wage. This changes fundamentally the character of labor
Jeremy I. Bulow, Lawrence H. Summers
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Can riots represent? A democratic theory
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Political theory has been perennially concerned with interrogating, identifying, and clarifying the political functions of riots. Yet, political theorists have mostly fallen short of explaining the relationship between riots and democracy, although this is central to the democratic theory of contestation and crucial for evaluating the ...
Alexis Bibeau‐Gagnon
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Menggugat Syirik Intelektual Bersama Nasr Hâmid Abû Zayd dan Amina Wadud
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam, 2015 The article discusses gender issue which has still become a global discourse within 21st century. The discourse will always become an actual issue as it constantly emerges from women and community’s consciousness who find strategic discrepancy and ...
Kunawi Basyir
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AIP Advances, 2019 We describe an acoustic impedance matching method that permits perfect sound transmission between waveguides of different impedances as set by their cross sectional areas.
William M. Robertson +2 more
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Religión e identidad. La amenaza del Estado Islámico en Irak y Siria
Desafíos, 2019 Las acciones del Estado Islámico en el norte de Irak representaron una amenaza existencial para los diferentes grupos societales que habitaban los territorios que quedaron en manos del autodenominado califato.
Guillermo Ospina Morales
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Does corporate tax avoidance explain firm performance? Evidence from an emerging economy
Cogent Business & Management, 2020 Corporate tax avoidance is an act aiming at reducing tax amount liable to the government, which is expected to raise firm value. However, agency theory postulates that opportunistic managers can lower tax liabilities through the arrangement of complex ...
Nguyen Vinh Khuong +3 more
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu +3 more
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Ta'dib: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 2018 This study aims to reveal in depth, whether sedekah bumi or mapag sri or other not to interfere with the system of aqeedah as Muslims. The results of the research are: (1) General rituals, which are carried out either at certain times or during planting ...
Setia Budiyanti
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Setting Incentives for Collaboration Among Agricultural Scientists: Application of Principal-Agent Theory to Team Work [PDF]
The USDA is attempting to shift more research funds into competitive grants involving collaboration across disciplines on large projects. This type of research structure raises a host of information and incentive issues.
Wallace E. Huffman
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