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Social memory, evidence, and conflict [PDF]
Review of Economic Dynamics, 2010 Abstract This paper examines an equilibrium model of social memory — a society's vicarious beliefs about its past. We show that incorrect social memory is a key ingredient in creating and perpetuating destructive conflicts. We analyze an infinite-horizon model in which two countries face off each period in a game of conflict characterized by the ...
Anderlini L., Gerardi D., Lagunoff R.
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Towards a Fiscal Sociology of Latin America
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2019 Tax systems in Latin America are characterized by low collection, a higher incidence of regressive taxes and mechanisms, little redistribution, and poor compliance. Policymakers and international organizations have proposed reforms across the region with
Jorge Atria +2 more
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Death and disappearance at border crossings: factualization devices and truth(s) accounts
Tapuya, 2022 In this article, we analyze three forensic and counter-forensic devices that go beyond the strictly medico-legal realm to show which concrete practices and truth-spots contribute to (re)constructing a public account of migrant deaths and disappearances ...
Paola Diaz Lize, Anna Rahel Fischer
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Journal of Community Service and Empowerment, 2023 This article contains a description of the results of the coomunity service program carried out by Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta in assisting the establishment of the pokdarwis institution in Sendangarum Village.
Aris Widyo Nugroho +4 more
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Growing Into and Out of Social Conflict [PDF]
Economica, 2005 We develop a model of growth and distributional conflict which demonstrates that social tensions may peak at an intermediate development stage. In fact, unless the economy is caught in an underdevelopment trap, the relationship between average wealth and the likelihood of radical redistribution tends to be hump–shaped: while the net benefits of ...
Philipp Harms, Stefan Zink
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Method Factors in Democracy Indicators
Politics and Governance, 2018 Method factors represent variance common to indicators from the same data source. Detecting method factors can help uncover systematic bias in data sources.
Martin Elff, Sebastian Ziaja
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Inflation, Inequality, and Social Conflict [PDF]
IMF Working Papers, 2006 This paper presents a political economy model of inflation as a result of social conflict. Agents are heterogeneous in terms of income. Agents’ income levels determine their ability to hedge against the effects of inflation. The interaction of heterogeneous cash holdings and preferences over fiscal policy leads to conflict over how to finance ...
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Journal of Paradiplomacy and City Networks, 2023 The enactment of Law No. 23 of 2014 concerning Local Government in Indonesia has paved the way for increased international engagement by local authorities, a practice known as paradiplomacy. In this context, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) has sought to expand
Nadiyah Kholilah Yahya +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Participation in victim-offender mediation (VOM) can reduce the risk of reoffending. However, relatively little is known about how VOM affects the intermediate psychological changes underlying this effect.
Jiska Jonas +5 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada
Population Ecology, EarlyView.We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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