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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
wiley   +1 more source

Serological profiling of hantavirus infections in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology non-endemic regions of Sri Lanka. [PDF]

Trop Med Health
Senarathne P, Rathnayake N, Vijeyakumaran R, Muthusinghe D, Fonseka A, Bandara V, Lokupathirage S, Dissanayake N, Gamage C, Urata S, Yoshimatsu K.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead, David Jordan, Francis Kennedy, Jack Seddon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of ESG in Shaping the Impact of Financial Development on Banks' Performance

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how financial development, divided into financial markets and financial institutions, affects banks' performance across 93 financially developed countries during the period between 2008 and 2023. The analysis highlights the role of environmental, social and governance readiness as core determinants that reshape ...
Noman Arshed, Yassine Bakkar, Marco De Sisto, Mubasher Iqbal, Shajara Ul‐Durar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brief psychological intervention for the prevention of deliberate self-poisoning: A randomized controlled trial from Sri Lanka. [PDF]

PLOS Ment Health
De Silva L, Kidger J, Tennakoon S, Dawson A, Gawarammana I, Rajapakse T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Have the Transformations of Supreme Audit Institutions Shaped Contemporary Public Auditing? A Professional, Process, and Stakeholder Perspective

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) has expanded considerably in recent decades, reflecting their central role in promoting accountability and transparency in government. Based on a systematic review of 364 peer‐reviewed publications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, this article examines how SAIs have redefined their work across
Nicolas Lagos
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Gaps in Thalassemia Care in Sri Lanka: Challenges and Way Forward. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
Ambillapitiya LHMRL, Waidyasuriya LSM, Weerakoon DCR, Rathnayake RMPM, Jayasekara JMKB, Damayanthi HDWT, Dorji T, Lucero-Prisno DE.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tolerance of Egg and Yolk‐Sac Larval Yellowfin Sole (Limanda aspera) to Ocean Warming and Acidification

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera) support the largest flatfish fishery in the world and contribute substantially to the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) flatfish catch. The EBS has been warming and acidifying, trends that are expected to intensify into the future.
Emily Slesinger, Erin F. Tyler, Samantha Mundorff, Kathryn R. Youn, Leo Edmondson, Thomas P. Hurst   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the economic burden of dengue in Sri Lanka: A systematic review of costs from 2010 to 2024. [PDF]

IJID Reg
Wickramasinghe HT, Ranawaka R, Kalra P, Hanley R, Gallagher E.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Dissolved Oxygen and Hypoxia on Catch Rates of Nearshore Groundfishes in a Recreational Hook and Line Fishery

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global climate change is intensifying ocean deoxygenation, particularly in eastern boundary current systems such as the California Current. This study investigates the impact of hypoxic events on a nearshore, multispecies recreational groundfish fishery along the Oregon coast.
Leif K. Rasmuson, Alison D. Whitman, Brandy T. Cervantes, Jonathan P. Fram   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source