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REGIONAL ECONOMIC VOTING IN ROMANIA [PDF]

In the paper we examine the economic voting theory for the Romanian local elections in June, 2008. Econometrically, we demonstrate that in the regional structures the main economic variables (dynamics of the gross domestic product per capita, rate of ...
Jula, Nicolae Marius, Jula, Dorin
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Default Effect in ESG Investment: When a Recommendation Goes a Long Way

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individual investors display a positive attitude toward ESG investments but typically fail to act upon it. We report results from a preregistered online experiment testing a default option on 1050 US investors examining the mechanisms driving the effectiveness of default options in promoting ESG investments.
Sai Sravanthi Ramadugula, R. Prasantha Kumar, Luc Meunier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lung cancer risk prediction using interpretable ensemble models on lifestyle and clinical data. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ganie SM, Dutta Pramanik PK, Zhao Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Strategic Voting over Strategic Proposals, Second Version [PDF]

Prior research on “strategic voting” has reached the conclusion that unanimity rule is uniquely bad: it results in destruction of information, and hence makes voters worse off.
Hülya Eraslan, Philip Bond
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Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of firms' propensity to adopt green buildings in the Euro Stoxx 300 and the S&P 500 indices, during 2012–2023. Using random forest binary classifiers, we assess the relative importance of financial, sectoral, geographic, and climate governance predictors and uncover nonlinear relationships often overlooked ...
María del Carmen Valls Martínez, José Manuel Santos‐Jaén, María Estefanía Sánchez Pacheco, Fernando José Zambrano Farías   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variable-population voting rules [PDF]

Let X be a set of social alternatives, and let V be a set of `votes' or `signals'. (We do not assume any structure on X or V). A `variable population voting rule' F takes any number of anonymous votes drawn from V as input, and produces a nonempty subset
Pivato, Marcus
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Family Involvement and Financial Performance: How Do They Affect the Sustainability Commitment of Family Businesses?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The socio‐emotional wealth (SEW) perspective suggests that the specific priorities of a family business may make it more or less inclined to engage in sustainable practices. This paper examines how family business heterogeneity regarding family ownership, financial performance, and family board members affects the sustainability commitment of ...
Sonia Sánchez‐Andújar, Purificación Parrado‐Martínez, María Comino‐Jurado   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voters reveal public library value: Evidence from US referendums. [PDF]

PLoS One
Gustina M, Berrens RP.
europepmc   +1 more source

Estimating the Efficiency of Voting in Big Size Committees [PDF]

In a simple voting committee with a finite number of members, in which each member has a voting weight, the voting rule is defined by the quota (a minimal number of voting weights is required to approve a proposal), and the efficiency of voting in the ...
Pavel Doležel
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Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
wiley   +1 more source