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More effective social services – draft report [PDF]
, 2015 Key Points Social services help New Zealanders to live healthy, safe and fulfilling lives. They provide access to health services and education opportunities, and protect and supp ort the most vulnerable.
New Zealand Productivity Commission
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transnational due diligence regulations, such as the European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐Free Products (EUDR), are reshaping sustainability governance by transforming voluntary norms into binding global rules. Yet, their effectiveness depends on how well they align with domestic governance systems and on the power asymmetries that ...
John James Loomis +2 more
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Toward a Contractual Approach to Arbitral Immunity
, 2004 This Article breaks from conventional wisdom in both case law and scholarship. It proposes a simple but novel thesis: Arbitrators and arbitral institutions, in cases of voluntary submission of disputes, should not be entitled to any form of legal ...
Rutledge, Peter B.
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT External audits enhance the credibility of financial statements and are a cornerstone of capital market integrity. However, the growing and complex auditing literature poses challenges for researchers. This survey synthesizes and critically evaluates archival audit research published in top accounting journals from 1995 to 2025, organizing ...
Clive Lennox, Chan Li, Yiqian Wang
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‘Lemon Laws’: an inquiry into consumer protections and remedies for buyers of new motor vehicles
, 2015 1. Under the Terms of Reference for the Committee’s Inquiry, ‘lemons’ are defined as ‘new motor vehicles with numerous, severe defects that re-occur despite multiple repair attempts or where defects have caused a new motor vehicle to be out of service ...
Corones, Stephen G.
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Towards Credible GHG Reporting: The Role of GHG Assurance and Assurance Providers in Firm Valuation
Abacus, EarlyView.The demand for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosures is rising globally; yet, the credibility of such information remains uncertain when assurance is not mandated. Drawing on a sample of firms from 43 countries, this study examines the role of GHG assurance and the choice of assurance provider in the market value effects of GHG emissions.
Sudipta Bose +2 more
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Do Sustainability Restatements Impair Financial Analysts’ Earnings Forecast Accuracy?
Abacus, EarlyView.This paper examines empirically the association between sustainability restatements (SRS), that is, restatements in sustainability reports, and analyst forecast accuracy, measured by analysts’ forecast errors for current‐year earnings. We find that SRS are related to greater earnings forecast errors, especially when they are related to environmental or
Isabel Cristin Hertl, Janine Maniora
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Despite the well‐documented benefits of opioid substitution treatment (OST) in treating opioid dependence (OD), many people diagnosed with OD desire to live a drug‐free life. The transition to abstinence involves detoxification: a gradual dose reduction of OST to zero milligrams.
Amy Bagshaw +5 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural subsidies can be an effective policy tool to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. This paper assesses the effectiveness of a second‐best hypothetical policy which subsidizes additional canola hectares optimally for each soil zone in Saskatchewan in an effort to increase soil organic carbon.
Devin A. Serfas
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More effective social services [PDF]
, 2015 In June 2014, the Productivity Commission was asked to look at ways to improve how government agencies commission and purchase social services. The final report was released in mid-September 2015. It makes several recommendations about how to make social
Murray Sherwin +2 more
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