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Elemental Tests of the Traditional Rational Voting Model [PDF]
A simple, robust, quasi-linear, structural general equilibrium rational voting model indicates turnout by voters motivated by the possibility of deciding the outcome is bellcurved in the ex-post winning margin and inversely proportional to electorate ...
Darren Grant, Michael Toma
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We are interested in investigating whether firms use political donations as a license to neglect environmental sustainability. We further deepen the examination by exploring the role of executive contracting. Drawing on a wide range of data between 2002 and 2021 and a global sample, our findings confirm that firms use political contributions ...
Habiba Al‐Shaer +3 more
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Can Credit Rating Changes Affect Corporate Carbon Emissions? Some Evidence From the S&P 500
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using panel data on US S&P 500 firms from 2012 to 2024, this study examines how credit rating changes affect corporate carbon performance. Drawing on the resource‐based view and prospect theory, we show that credit rating downgrades lead to a statistically and economically significant deterioration in emission reduction scores.
Michal Wojewodzki +4 more
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Can non-expected utility theories explain the paradox of not voting? [PDF]
Many people vote in large elections with costs to vote although the expected benefits would seem to be infinitesimal to a rational mind. We exhibit two necessary conditions that a theory of rational decision must satisfy in order to solve the paradox. We
Serge Blondel, Louis Lévy-garboua
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research develops and empirically validates the Community‐Oriented Marketing Approach (COMA), a 20‐item multidimensional scale designed to measure prosumer perceptions within participatory market systems. COMA conceptualizes prosumers as active co‐value creators and institutional agents, driving sustainable market governance.
Alpaslan Kelleci, Oguzhan Essiz
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Going from Theory to Practice: The Mixed Success of Approval Voting [PDF]
Approval voting (AV) is a voting system in which voters can vote for, or approve of, as many candidates as they like in multicandidate elections. In 1987 and 1988, four scientific and engineering societies, collectively comprising several hundred ...
Brams, S.J., Fishburn, P.C.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) assessment criteria have drawn substantial attention by investors in recent years. ESG factors have been considered by investors to create greater wealth and better investment decisions and opportunities. However, there are ambiguities about ESG assessment and reporting with issues of transparency and
Caleb Boadi +2 more
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ElecMeter: An index for evaluating dissatisfaction of social decision-making. [PDF]
PLoS OneShahdoust M +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Institutional investors increasingly rely on ESG ratings to evaluate financially material sustainability risks, while governments promote corporate alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Because these frameworks differ substantially in capital market salience and monitoring intensity, board oversight may not ...
Mohamed Hegazy +2 more
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Compulsory voting and tax revenues [PDF]
Using a panel-model approach, this paper investigates the validity of the relationship between level of tax revenues and type of voting. The data-set covers the period 2000-2010, and includes 135 countries.
Mutascu, Mihai
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