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The Prospects of M-Voting Implementation in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2007 Since independence, an average of 50% of registered voters participates in voting [1]. Similarly, an increasing rate of apathy was observed between the electorate and the elect, which was not unconnected with lack of transparency, accountability, and ...
Ayo, C. K., Ekong, U. O.
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How many candidates are needed to make elections hard to manipulate?
, 2003 In multiagent settings where the agents have different preferences, preference aggregation is a central issue. Voting is a general method for preference aggregation, but seminal results have shown that all general voting protocols are manipulable.
Jerome Lang +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?
Politics and GovernanceThe transnational political participation of migrants has been extensively analyzed in the literature. Previous explanations focus on individual determinants ranging from political interest or efficacy to social ties or socio-demographic characteristics.
Sergiu Gherghina, Adrian Basarabă
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Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2020 Objective: Voting in professional associations is critical for selecting leaders who will implement a desirable vision for an association. Members of the Medical Library Association (MLA) were surveyed to assess their attitudes and perceptions of the ...
James Shedlock +1 more
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Votes populaires, votes populistes [PDF]
Hermès, 2005 Le Front national, en se revendiquant du populisme, s'inscrit dans une mouvance tres repandue en Europe, qui pourrait se caracteriser par le refus de la mediation, l'appel au peuple contre les elites. Mais la mefiance envers un personnel politique considere comme corrompu est, par exemple, aussi frequente dans l'electorat d'extreme gauche.
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The US hemp market is a new and nascent industry that has been devoid of research for about half a century. This study examined the effects of exogenous shock on price at each phase of the value chain—Farm (hemp biomass), and its impact on prices at other phases of the value chain—Intermediary Processor (crude cannabidiol hemp) and Final ...
Solomon Odiase +2 more
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Voting in 2008: Ten Swing States [PDF]
, 2008 Surveys ten battleground states in the 2008 election to assess the progress made since 2006 in improving the voting process, including poll worker training, student voting rights, voter registration and education, and the allocation of voting ...
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