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The King's Evil Without the King: The Royal Touch during the Interregnum

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article examines how far, and in what ways, the traditional belief that English monarchs could cure scrofula (the “King's Evil”) by royal touch survived during the eleven years of the Interregnum (1649–1660). Charles I had been executed and the monarchy abolished, and Charles II was in exile for the vast majority of this period. It might seem that
David L. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Collective investment in a common pool resource: Grower associations and food safety guidelines

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 105, Issue 1, Page 144-173, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Common pool resources often face overexploitation, but collective action can counteract that tendency. We investigate collective investment in reputation for produce food safety, a common pool resource because of limited branding and traceability, by U.S. commodity organizations.
Aaron Adalja   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Positive Spillovers from Negative Campaigning

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 5-21, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Negative advertising is frequent in electoral campaigns, despite its ambiguous effectiveness: Negativity may reduce voters' evaluation of the targeted politician but may have a backlash effect for the attacker. We study the effect of negative advertising in electoral races with more than two candidates with a large‐scale field experiment ...
Vincenzo Galasso   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mujeres Públicas and women in public: Scrutinising the history of prostitution in eighteenth‐ and nineteenth‐century Mexico

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract Past studies of prostitution have mislabelled Mexican women as prostitutes when it is not clear that they had engaged in transactional sex. Here, we examine the history of prostitution between 1750 and 1865, detailing both legal frameworks and judicial evidence to address the reasons for the inflation of prostitution's presence in Mexico ...
Nora E. Jaffary, Luis Londoño
wiley   +1 more source

When Issue Salience Affects Adjudication: Evidence from Swiss Asylum Appeal Decisions

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 55-70, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Immigration is a top concern among citizens across the globe. Research shows that the salience of immigration shapes voters' political behavior, but little is known about whether it influences judicial behavior. This article theorizes that variation in issue salience influences judges' behavior when there is a clear connection between the ...
Judith Spirig
wiley   +1 more source

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