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Referendum Design, Quorum Rules and Turnout [PDF]
In this article, we focus on the consequences of quorum requirements for turnout in referendums. We use a rational choice, decision theoretic voting model to demonstrate that participation quorums change the incentives some electors face, inducing those ...
Pedro C. Magalhães +1 more
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A Century of Learning: The Story of ESA's Education Committee, 1918–2025
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.Abstract The Education Committee and its precursors have been highly influential within the Ecological Society of America. Here we document the Education Committee's history, from its origins in reviewing curricular materials through major contributions to ecological literacy, teaching innovation, diversity initiatives, and professional development ...
Kenneth M. Klemow +6 more
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Target Firm's ESG Engagement and Post–M&A Performance: The Mediating Role of Acquirer's CSR Strategy
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines whether the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of target firms influences both accounting‐based and market‐based corporate financial performance (CFP) within the merger and acquisition (M&A) context and whether this relationship is mediated by the acquirer's corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy.
Francesco Gangi +4 more
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The COVID-19 pandemic's effects on voter turnout. [PDF]
Eur J Polit Econ, 2022 Picchio M, Santolini R.
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Does Voting History Matter? Analysing Persistence in Turnout [PDF]
Individuals who vote in one election are also more likely to vote in the next. Modelling the causal relationship between past and current voting decisions however is intrinsically difficult, as this positive association can exist due to habit formation ...
Orla Doyle, Kevin Denny
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Fueling Tomorrow: Scenario Planning for the Future of Gas Stations
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transport electrification is reshaping the service infrastructures that mediate everyday mobility, yet most electrification scenario studies remain macrolevel and offer limited insight into how incumbent forecourt (gas‐station) networks can adapt under deep uncertainty.
Joao Gabriel Rosa +2 more
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Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout? [PDF]
Since the dawn of broadcasting, and especially in the past decade, Americans have turned their attention from local to more distant sources of news and entertainment. While the integration of media markets will raise the private welfare of many consumers,
Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Joel Waldfogel
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, 2014 This report explores the potential for social media to support efforts to get out the vote. Overview Across Europe, low voter turnout in European and national elections is a growing concern. Many citizens are disengaged from the political process,
Jamie Bartlett +2 more
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CEO Compensation and the ESG Activities of Compensation Peers
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between executive compensation at focal firms and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance of compensation peer (CP) firms. Despite the growing integration of ESG metrics into executive compensation design, and the mandatory disclosure of CP groups, no prior research has examined ...
Jamshed Iqbal +2 more
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Motivating student voter registration
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsCollege student voter turnout reflects the degree to which students are being taught to support and protect democracy, long a core mission of the U.S. higher education system. Yet, college student voter turnout is generally very low.
Melissa R. Michelson +5 more
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