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Decentralization and electoral accountability: incentives, separation, and voter welfare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper studies the relationship between fiscal decentralization and electoral accountability, by analyzing how decentralization impacts upon incentive and selection effects, and thus on voter welfare. The model abstracts from features such as public
Hindriks, Jean   +4 more
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Cognitive and Neuroimaging Divergence Between Juvenile and Adult FUS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor neuron degeneration. Fused in sarcoma (FUS)‐associated juvenile ALS (jALS) represents a distinct and aggressive subgroup with rapid deterioration and poor prognosis.
Alexandra V. Jürs   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pair approximation of the biased-independence q-voter model for innovation diffusion in organizational networks

open access: yesScientific Reports
Collective adaptation, including innovation adoption, pro-environmental change, and organizational change, emerges from the interplay between individual decisions and social influence.
Angelika Abramiuk-Szurlej   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multilayer coevolution dynamics of the nonlinear voter model

open access: yesNew Journal of Physics, 2019
We study a coevolving nonlinear voter model (CNVM) on a two-layer network. Coevolution stands for coupled dynamics of the state of the nodes and of the topology of the network in each layer.
Byungjoon Min, Maxi San Miguel
doaj   +1 more source

The Irreversibility of the Voter Model

open access: yes
openThe Ising model is a paradigmatic example of spin alignment dynamics in statistical mechanics. A single spin flip occurs according to microscopic reversibility and, in simulations, following the Metropolis rule based on the mean alignment in the ...
EGE, ATALAY
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Sharing Competences: The Impact of Local Institutional Settings on Voter Turnout [PDF]

open access: yes
Institutions are common predictors of voter turnout. Most research in this field focuses on cross-country comparisons of voting systems, like the impact of compulsory voting or registration systems.
Peter Bönisch   +2 more
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Interaction of Intraprocedural Antiplatelets and Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Intracranial Stenting: RESISTANT Registry Subanalysis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Objective Acute intracranial stenting during endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for ischemic stroke requires intraprocedural antiplatelet therapy (APT) to maintain patency. However, the hemorrhagic risk of combining APT with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) remains uncertain.
Aaron Rodriguez‐Calienes   +75 more
wiley   +1 more source

A note on Condorcet consistency and the median voter [PDF]

open access: yes
We discuss to which extent the median voter theorem extends to the domain of single-peaked preferences on median spaces. After observing that on this domain a Condorcet winner need not exist, we show that if a Condorcet winner does exist, then it ...
Buechel, Berno
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Digital Cognitive Phenotyping for Differential Diagnosis and Monitoring in Neurological Conditions

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the utility, accessibility, and equivalence to supervised scales of online cognitive assessment in older individuals with cognitive impairment. Methods Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD, n = 31), idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH, n = 26), and traumatic brain injury (TBI, n = 23) completed online cognitive ...
Martina Del Giovane   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why are More Redistributive Social Security Systems Smaller? A Median Voter Approach [PDF]

open access: yes
We suggest a political economy explanation for the stylized fact that intragenerationally more redistributive social security systems are smaller. Our key insight is that linking benefits to past earnings (less redistributiveness) reduces the efficiency ...
Marko Koethenbuerger   +2 more
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