Results 121 to 130 of about 28,575 (276)

Optimal Taxation of Risky Human Capital [PDF]

In a model with ex-ante homogenous households, earnings risk and a general earnings function, we derive the optimal linear labor tax rate and optimal linear education subsidies.
Bas Jacobs, Dirk Schindler, Hongyan Yang
core  

Making the invisible visible: A global examination of careers and recognition for Imaging Scientists in core facilities

Journal of Microscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Imaging facilities underpin a growing share of modern life‐science research, yet the career conditions and scholarly recognition of the Imaging Scientists in core facilities who design, deliver, and interpret imaging research remain uneven. This mismatch has previously been shown to risk loss of expertise, reduced service quality, and weaken ...
Kerry Thompson, Johanna Bischof, Yara Reis, Constadina Arvanitis, Olubunmi A. Balogun, Claire M. Brown, Mariana De Niz, Marcela Díaz, Lize Engelbrecht, Eunice Fabian‐Morales, Elnaz Fazeli, Georgina Fletcher, Adan Guerrero, Michelle S. Itano, Eleanor Kable, Gregory T. Kitten, Shinya Komoto, Xiaoxiao Ma, Peter John O'Toole, Andreia Pinto, Cora Noemi Pollak, Clara Prats, Joanna W. Pylvänäinen, James Douglas Riches, Jean Salamero, Virginia Silio, Stefan Terjung, Sophie Winter, Graham Daniel Wright, Lisa Yen, Antje Keppler   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contracting still matters! Or: How to design a letter of intent [PDF]

Any cooperation that profits from relation-specific investments suffers from the well-known hold-up problem. If investments are not enforceable by an outside authority, the gains fall prey to individual opportunism caused by a free-rider problem.
Evelyn Korn, Stephan Meisenzahl
core  

Perspectives From Leaders in the Black Community on the Black Maternal Health Crisis: A Qualitative Landscape Analysis

Journal of Midwifery &Women's Health, EarlyView.
Introduction In response to disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, many Black people in the United States have sought alternative birthing options outside of hospitals, including home births and community birth centers. Leaders in Black perinatal health care are increasingly advocating for investments in systems that better ...
Kaytura Felix, Jay Mawuli, Alejandro McGhee, Marjorie Paloma, Keshia M. Pollack Porter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of International Portfolio Composition on Consumption Risk Sharing [PDF]

Recent empirical work has shown that ongoing international financial integration facilitates cross-country consumption risk-sharing. These studies typically find that countries with high equity home bias exhibit relatively low international consumption ...
Clemens Kool, Joan Muysken, Nils Holinski   +2 more
core  

Efficiency in the Global Prison System: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study systematizes the international literature on prison system efficiency, highlighting patterns and research gaps through a multidimensional framework. By situating efficiency within broader institutional, social, and rights‐based contexts, it examines how academic research has assessed carceral performance.
Leandro Moreira, Enzo Barberio Mariano, Diogo Ferraz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delegation of Authority as an Optimal (In)complete Contract [PDF]

The present paper aims to contribute to the literature on the foundations of incomplete contracts by providing conditions under which simple delegation of authority is the solution to the complete-contracting problem of the parties. We consider a hold-up
Andreas Roider
core  

The Leaner, Meaner State—And What It Means for Society

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Populism is an old phenomenon but one which appears to once again be in ascendance globally. Attributing a nation's problems to a wicked elite, populists seek to dismantle the old order and either remove or repurpose its institutions. This paper explores how populism changes economic governance and particularly, how its emphasis on fighting ...
Christopher A. Hartwell
wiley   +1 more source

Infrastructure Investment in Network Industries: The Role of Incentive Regulation and Regulatory Independence [PDF]

This paper finds that coherent regulatory policies can boost investment in network industries of OECD economies. Rate-of-return regulation is generally thought to result in overinvestment, while incentive regulation is believed to entail underinvestment.
Balazs Egert
core  

Claiming the Isle? Islandness and Territorial Demands

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between insularity and territorial demands, focusing on whether island territories are more likely to support regionalist and secessionist parties. To address this question, we compare electoral support for such parties across island and mainland territories using a large‐N dataset.
Pau Torres, Marc Sanjaume‐Calvet
wiley   +1 more source