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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud +8 more
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Proximity and linkages among coalition participants: a new voting power measure applied to the International Monetary Fund [PDF]
Voting power methodology offers insights to understand coalition building in collective decision making. Using cooperative game theory, Banzhaf (1965) developed an index to capture the numerical importance of voters in coalition building.
Gatarek, Lukasz +2 more
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ABSTRACT Investors have long recognized the importance of firms in promoting sustainability, leading to the rise of socially responsible investment (SRI). Specifically, there is a growing preference for exchange‐traded funds (ETFs) that prioritize environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles.
Sandra Tenorio‐Salgueiro +3 more
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Workers of the world, unite! Franchise extensions and the threat of revolution in Europe, 1820-1938 [PDF]
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson (2000).
Aidt, Toke S., Jensen, Peter S.
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Institutional Ownership and Corporate Sustainability Performance—A Meta‐Analysis
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between institutional ownership (IO) and corporate sustainability performance (SP), addressing inconsistent findings in prior research and clarifying the boundary conditions of this relationship by testing a defined set of potential moderators.
Hans Henrik Scherer +2 more
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Sensegiving, ESG, and Firm Value: Mitigating Interpretive Uncertainty in South Korea
ABSTRACT As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) becomes central to corporate strategy, firms must navigate the tension between meeting stakeholder expectations and avoiding overinvestment. This study examines how interpretive uncertainty—arising from stakeholders' divergent cognitive frames—produces a nonlinear relationship between ESG ...
Yanghee Kim +3 more
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Territorial captivity and voter participation in national election: a theoretical and empirical analysis [PDF]
We propose a theory of territorial captivity to explain the level of voter turnout in national elections. We start by showing that the consequences of voting in an election are limited to a clearly defined territory.
Abel François, François Facchini
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ABSTRACT The shift towards sustainable food production is essential to address the urgent dual challenges of climate change and population growth, with agricultural cooperatives playing a vital role in this transformation. However, many cooperatives struggle to deliver the expected value to their members.
Ismail Badraoui +4 more
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Boundary assembly: An institutional proposal for democratizing membership politics
How should democratic communities decide who should belong? Recent debates about issues such as voting rights for prisoners, denationalization policies or citizenship tests raise this fundamental democratic question.
Svenja Ahlhaus
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A New Theory of Strategic Voting. [PDF]
This is an analysis of strategic voting under the plurality rule. Existing theories predict strict bipartism, where rational voters support only two candidates: a strict interpretation of Duvergers Law. This conclusion is rejected. The new theory employs a simple model of a three-candidate election.
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