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British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background While skill development is generally linked to relevant practice, the 2022 PISA creative thinking report revealed a negative association between students' creative thinking performance and their engagement in creative activities. Aims This study explored whether this negative association was linear, persisted across countries and ...
Sofiia Kagan, Denis Dumas, Yoojoong Kim
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Trust Matters: Examining the Dynamics of Management's Trust in Employee Representation
British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While trust's relevance in employment relations has been recognised by scholars, empirical studies on management's trust in employee representation are notably scarce. The paper addresses this gap, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics that shape effective dialogue in the employment relationship.
Argyro Avgoustaki +2 more
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PISA 2009 study : how big is the gap? : a comparison of pupil attainment in England with the top-performing countries [PDF]
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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas +6 more
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Biological conservation at risk in Slovakia: Brown bears under attack of autocratic pressures
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Recent governance changes in Slovakia have allowed extensive brown bear removals while reducing expert involvement. These developments raise concerns about long‐term management and consistency with EU conservation standards. The case underscores how political context affects conservation outcomes.
Michal Haring +3 more
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Regional Trade Agreements and International R&D Spillovers: Implications for Developing Countries
The Developing Economies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We provide new evidence on heterogeneous international research and development (R&D) spillovers from partners of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and non‐partners using a sample of 45 economies in the period 1995–2017. We construct separate R&D stocks for RTA partners and non‐partners and find that spillovers from RTA partners are stronger ...
Yukiko Sawada, Rinki Ito, Naoto Jinji
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Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The electoral effects of natural disasters have gained increasing importance in recent research. This paper analyzes the impact of an unprecedentedly strong tornado on the electoral results of coalition government parties in the 2021 Czech general election.
Jakub Jusko, Peter Spáč
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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