Direct democracy and political extremism
Abstract We study how citizens' right to directly decide on policies through popular initiatives affects the attractiveness of extreme candidates in representative elections. In our theoretical framework, single prominent policy issues on which individual voters hold extreme views get a large weight in their assessment of candidates, thereby favouring ...
Nicolas Schreiner, Alois Stutzer
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Selected risk factor analysis for coalbed methane development with optimized fuzzy based knowledge mapping at Jamalganj coalfield in Bangladesh. [PDF]
Zhang J, Miah MH, Al MA.
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Placebo zones in discontinuity‐based designs: Estimation, inference, and implementation
Abstract We propose a new model‐selection algorithm for regression discontinuity design and related estimators. The performance of candidate models is assessed within a “placebo zone” of the running variable. Candidate models can differ by bandwidth and other choice parameters.
Nathan Kettlewell, Peter Siminski
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Multilingual voice-enabled informatics tools: Catalyst for equitable AI in HIV and HIV-comorbidity healthcare management. [PDF]
Oluwagbemi OO +6 more
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Abstract This paper aims to encounter the scholarly demand for comprehensive identification and investigation of the factors that highlight the sense of the “workplace of the future.” Besides, this study sheds in‐depth qualitative and quantitative insights into analysing such drivers in international entrepreneurial small and medium enterprises of ...
Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji +3 more
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New solutions of multidimensional fuzzy fractional coupled Burgers systems via He Laplace Carson algorithm. [PDF]
Qayyum M +6 more
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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
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Einstein aggregation operators for multicriteria group decision making in uncertain environments using cubic picture fuzzy sets. [PDF]
Tanoli MNK +5 more
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Marine electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is applied to characterize point‐source submarine groundwater discharge (PSGD) along NW Yucatán. ERT observations and forward modeling constrain conduit detectability under varying hydrogeological conditions.
Mariana Gómez‐Nicolás +6 more
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Enhanced trajectory tracking for autonomous navigation of wheeled mobile robots using an adaptive fuzzy PID controller. [PDF]
El Zoghby HM +3 more
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