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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates whether prior exposure to natural disasters influenced individual compliance with non‐pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), specifically lockdown measures, during the Corona Virus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. Focusing on the Marche region of Italy, which experienced a severe earthquake in 2016, we exploit
Vincenzo Alfano +2 more
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Mobile Work: Handcart and Bicycle Workers Across the Urban Economy of Greater Accra Region
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract This article explores the role of handcart and bicycle workers—mobile workers—in the urban economy of Accra and Tema, Ghana. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it shows how their practices of food vending, e‐waste collection and mobile trade exemplify a form of relational infrastructure that sustains urban life through improvisation ...
Kauê Lopes dos Santos +1 more
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Neural and behavioral correlates of episodic memory are associated with temporal discounting in older adults. [PDF]
Neuropsychologia, 2020 Lempert KM +9 more
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Archetypes of human cognition defined by time preference for reward and their brain correlates: An evolutionary trade-off approach [PDF]
, 2018 Bertoldo, Alessandra +5 more
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British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract An important development in the study of face impressions was the introduction of dominance and trustworthiness as the primary and potentially orthogonal traits judged from faces. We test competing predictions of recent accounts that address evidence against the independence of these judgements. To this end we develop a version of recent ‘deep
Adam Sobieszek +2 more
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Links between autobiographical memory richness and temporal discounting in older adults. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Lempert KM +3 more
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From rhetoric to measurement: The economics of wetland conservation
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, EarlyView.Abstract Wetland conservation continues to be a pressing issue as wetlands continue to be lost due to urban, industrial, and agricultural expansion. This paper synthesizes the current knowledge about wetland conservation economics in Canada, with a focus on prairie landscapes. We review the methods economists use to empirically measure the costs (i.e.,
Patrick Lloyd‐Smith +2 more
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Public willingness to pay for wetland restoration in the Canadian Prairie Pothole Region
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, EarlyView.Abstract Wetlands play a crucial role in the agricultural landscapes of Canada's Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) but are being lost to agricultural and urban development. There is increased interest from governments and conservation organizations in restoring previously drained wetlands, but these projects are costly and associated with intangible ...
Liam Boldt +3 more
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