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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

‘QUOD NON EST IN BEROLINA, NON EST IN MUNDO’: VIEWS FROM THE PERIPHERY

open access: yesGerman Life and Letters, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The historiography of Weimar cinema has focused almost exclusively on film production and exhibition in the German capital Berlin, generally neglecting other geographic regions, in particular the Rhineland which, after the First World War, remained under Allied control until the mid‐1920s for some parts, for others even longer.
Frank Kessler, Sabine Lenk
wiley   +1 more source

Wrestling Voices: Amplifying Patriotism and Ethnic Stereotypes in 1980s American Professional Wrestling

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
wiley   +1 more source

Does Political Connection Mitigate the Sanctions for Corruptions? Evidence From the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

open access: yesJournal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of political connection on sanctions for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Using a sample of revealed FCPA sanctions and two alternative proxies for US firms’ political connections, we find a negative association between political connection and the severity of sanctions, an effect that ...
Kaishu Wu, Wenjia Yan
wiley   +1 more source

CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF TAXPAYERS AND OTHER TAX DEBTORS

open access: yesPravo, 2008
The author reviews questions which are related to criminal responsibility of taxpayers and other tax debtors, at least for two reasons: firstly, the expert literature does not give answers to some very important questions and secondly, the same questions
Miroslav Vrhovšek
doaj  

Annual Research Review: Cash transfer programs and young people's mental health – a review of studies in the United States

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 498-515, April 2025.
Worldwide, more than one in 10 children or adolescents is diagnosed with a mental disorder. Cash transfer programs, which aim to reduce poverty and improve life outcomes by providing direct cash assistance to families and incentivizing or enabling spending on education, health service use, dietary diversity and savings, have been shown to improve the ...
Sara R. Jaffee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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