Takeover contests, toeholds and deterrence. [PDF]
We consider a setting in which two potential buyers, one with a prior toehold and one without, compete in a takeover modeled as an ascending auction with participating costs.
Ettinger, David
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Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership challenges in China
Abstract Civilian‐led coups are one of the most common routes to losing power in autocracies. How do authoritarian leaders secure themselves from civilian leadership challenges? We argue that autocrats differentiate civilian rivals in part by their social ties to the military.
Tyler Jost, Daniel Mattingly
wiley +1 more source
Research on Takeover Safety of Intelligent Vehicles Based on Accident Scenarios in Real-Vehicle Testing. [PDF]
Li P +8 more
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Eat or be eaten: a theory of mergers and firm size [PDF]
We propose a theory of mergers that combines managerial merger motives and a regime shift that may lead to some value- increasing merger opportunities.
Gary Gorton +2 more
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Can riots represent? A democratic theory
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
wiley +1 more source
Emergent collective alignment gives competitive advantage to longer cells during range expansion. [PDF]
van den Berg N +7 more
europepmc +1 more source
Competitive diplomacy in bargaining and war
Abstract War is often viewed as a bargaining problem. However, prior to bargaining, countries can vie for leverage by expending effort on diplomacy. This article presents a dynamic model of conflict where agenda‐setting power is endogenous to pre‐bargaining diplomatic competition.
Joseph J. Ruggiero
wiley +1 more source
Assessing data imbalance correction methods and gaze entropy for collision prediction. [PDF]
Goodridge CM +5 more
europepmc +1 more source
Electoral responses to economic crises
Abstract How do voters respond to economic crises: Do they turn against the incumbent, reward a certain political camp, polarize to the extremes, or perhaps continue to vote much like before? Analyzing extensive data on electorates, parties, and individuals in 24 countries for over half a century, we document a systematic pattern whereby economic ...
Yotam Margalit, Omer Solodoch
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Asynchrony of directional auditory warnings and visual information in hands-on SAE level 2 automated vehicles: Analysis of driver responses. [PDF]
Arabian A, Goodridge CM, Merat N.
europepmc +1 more source

