Climate exposure drives firm political behavior: Evidence from earnings calls and lobbying data
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract When and how do firms engage in climate politics? We argue that regulatory concerns, business opportunities, and physical risks activate policy preferences and lobbying efforts. We measure firm‐level exposure to opportunity, regulatory, and physical aspects of climate change based on discussion in quarterly earnings call transcripts for 11,705
Christian Baehr +2 more
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Anyone but Me: Unrealistic Optimism, Emotions and Anxiety in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Wielgopolan A +3 more
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What is good care, and what is bad? [PDF]
National health care goals generally include providing broad access to appropriate amounts of high-quality health care at appropriate cost to the ultimate payers.
David M. Cutler
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Avoiding Corporate Greenwashing? Sustainability Silence Narratives in the Agri‐Food Industry
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to shed more light on the reasons underlying companies' under‐communication or lack of communication to stakeholders about sustainability achievements in the agri‐food sector. A qualitative study based on 34 semi‐structured interviews with respondents from this sector shows the predominance of a rationale of ...
Olivier Boiral +3 more
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Health Science Reports, 2020 Background and aims Unrealistic comparative optimism (UO), as the erroneous judgement of personal risks to be lower than the risks of others, could help explain differences in diabetes self‐management.
Florian M. Karl +6 more
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Expanding the Taxonomy of Ethical Issues in Surgical Innovation
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Surgical innovation poses significant ethical challenges. Previous work has grouped these challenges under four categories: potential harms to patients; compromised informed consent; unfair allocation of healthcare resources; and conflicts of interest. We argue that recent technological developments in surgery warrant the addition of three new
Jane Johnson +2 more
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Erratum to: Unrealistic optimism about treatment risks for acute appendicitis. [PDF]
Br J Surg, 2022 Rosen JE, Agrawal N, Flum DR, Liao JM.
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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? Exploring Parent Comparative Optimism About Future Child Outcomes
MDM Policy & Practice, 2018 Objectives. Comparative optimism is present in parental predictions of their child’s long-term, obesity-related health outcomes and some of this optimism is unrealistic.
Davene R. Wright +3 more
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Patient expectations of benefit from systemic treatments for metastatic prostate cancer
Cancer Medicine, 2020 Background Metastatic prostate cancer is incurable, but systemic therapies can improve quality of life and prolong survival. Accurate perceptions of treatment risks and benefits are vital as patients with metastatic disease make treatment decisions.
Laura B. Oswald +5 more
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Where's the harm? A social marketing approach to reframing 'problem' drinking cultures [PDF]
, 2009 Alcohol consumption is often linked to a broad range of social and health problems, yet alcohol also plays a fundamental role in social bonding between people.
Carrigan, M. +5 more
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