Scaling laws of political regime dynamics: stability of democracies and autocracies in the twentieth century. [PDF]
R Soc Open SciPirker-Diaz P +3 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How are capital and the family interconnected in contemporary capitalism? In this article, we argue that they come together in owning relations. By owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders and thus resolve the problem of bona ...
Jens Beckert, Isabell Stamm
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Structural problems without structural solutions? Youth leaders' perceptions of their community. [PDF]
Am J Community PsycholHjelm LL +4 more
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Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser +2 more
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Where Are the Sore Losers? Competitive Authoritarianism, Incumbent Defeat, and Electoral Trust in Zambia's 2021 Election. [PDF]
Public Opin QKerr N, Krönke M, Wahman M.
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Corporate Tax System Complexity and Investment Sensitivity to Tax Policy Changes
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Effective policymakers must balance the demands of formulating a corporate tax system that raises revenue and spurs economic activity (e.g., investment) while promoting a “level playing field” across firms. Balancing these tradeoffs has likely caused tax systems to become more complex over time, increasing firms’ difficulty in understanding ...
HARALD AMBERGER +2 more
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Beyond Old Boys' Clubs: Financial Analysts' Utilization of Professional Connections
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women often lack the opportunity to join exclusive social clubs, limiting the benefits they derive from their social networks. We investigate whether, when given the opportunity to interact with the right people in a professional setting, women gain greater advantages from these connections for career performance and advancement compared to ...
MENGQIAO DU, RACHEL XI ZHANG
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Did private election administration funding advantage Democrats in 2020? [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ALal A, Thompson DM.
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Quid Pro Quo? Private Information Flows in Shareholder Activism: Evidence from Mutual Fund Families
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper hypothesizes that information flows from target firms to large shareholders during activist campaigns and that these flows have governance consequences. Focusing on actively managed mutual fund families, we find that informed trading by large‐holding fund families increases during activist campaigns relative to smaller‐holding fund ...
EUNJEE KIM, HAI PHAM
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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
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