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Did private election administration funding advantage Democrats in 2020? [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Lal A, Thompson DM.
europepmc   +1 more source

When risk does not discount: Flood history and rising property valuations

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study how expanded flood disclosure requirements affect real estate markets and appraisals in South Carolina. Counterintuitively, more comprehensive flood disclosures cause home prices to increase in tracts with a history of significant flooding.
William M. Doerner, Michael J. Seiler, Matthew Suandi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do as essay, not as I do? How inflated list prices of unsold essayer homes affect the price discovery process

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In the United States real estate market, around 30% of listed properties remain unsold. Moreover, these unsold properties are typically listed far above fair market value (8.1%). We examine the extent to which overpriced property listings exert externalities on list and sale prices in the residential housing market.
Michael J. Seiler, Ralph B. Siebert
wiley   +1 more source

They don't want to close Roxy: a qualitative account on the perceived efforts by Ivory Coast to end the informal market for medicines. [PDF]

Health Policy Open
Chimhutu V, Dagrou A, Tanyanyiwa AT.
europepmc   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

Alloparenting the investment child: A reply to responses

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Nina Bandelj
wiley   +1 more source

Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Influencers and the Shaping of Beliefs

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Influencers, from propagandists to sellers, expend vast resources targeting agents who amplify their message through word‐of‐mouth communication. While agents differ in network position, they also differ in their bias: Agents may naturally read articles with a particular slant or buy products from a certain seller.
Akhil Vohra
wiley   +1 more source

The futures of digital democracy. [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Fuchs C, Museba J, Friesch K.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Political Economy of Patent Buyouts

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Incentivizing innovation through buyouts may alleviate the social costs associated with patent power, but the political economy and feasibility of this potentially important financing mechanism have been understudied. We study an international setting of countries with different innovation and financing capabilities, and where financing ...
Amal Ahmad, Dominik Naeher, Sebastian Vollmer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source