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Tax Revenue Mobilization in Conflict-Affected Developing Countries (2016)
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van den Boogaard, V., Prichard, W., Milicic, N., & Benson, M. (2016). Tax Revenue Mobilization in Conflict-Affected Developing Countries

How does conflict affect tax revenue mobilization? This paper uses a newly updated dataset to explore longitudinal trends of tax revenue mobilization prior to, during, and after conflict periods in a selection of conflict-affected states since 1980.... Read More about Tax Revenue Mobilization in Conflict-Affected Developing Countries.

On optimal redistributive capital taxation (2016)
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Reinhorn, L. (2016). On optimal redistributive capital taxation

This paper addresses conicting results regarding the optimal taxation of capital income. Judd (1985) proves that in steady state there should be no taxation of capital income. Lansing (1999) studies a logarithmic example of one of Judds models and nd... Read More about On optimal redistributive capital taxation.

Two Little Treasure Games driven by Unconditional Regret (2016)
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Damjanovic, V. (2016). Two Little Treasure Games driven by Unconditional Regret

For Travelers Dilemma and Minimal E⁄ort Coordination games, the unconditional regret matching (URM) procedure predicts outcomes close to the experimental ones. This supports a claim that the URM procedure can be well suited to predict the behavior of... Read More about Two Little Treasure Games driven by Unconditional Regret.

A Theory of Measurement (2016)
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Cartwright, N., Bradburn, N. M., & Fuller, J. (2016). A Theory of Measurement

This paper discusses basic issues about the nature of measurement for concepts in the social sciences and medicine, introducing a three-stage theory of measurement. In science and policy investigations we study quantities and qualities (or quality/qu... Read More about A Theory of Measurement.

Are laws of nature consistent with contingency? (2016)
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Cartwright, N., & Merlussi, P. (2016). Are laws of nature consistent with contingency?

Are the laws of nature consistent with contingency about what happens in the world? That depends on what the laws of nature actually are, but it also depends on what they are like. This latter is our concern here. Different philosophic views give dif... Read More about Are laws of nature consistent with contingency?.

Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials (2016)
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Deaton, A., & Cartwright, N. (2016). Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials

RCTs would be more useful if there were more realistic expectations of them and if their pitfalls were better recognized. For example, and contrary to many claims in the applied literature, randomization does not equalize everything but the treatment... Read More about Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials.

Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China, 1998-2007 (2016)
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Li, S., & Harris, R. (2016). Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China, 1998-2007

The provision of large-scale assistance to industry is very important in China. The major contribution of this paper is to use Chinese firm-level panel data for 1998-2007 to introduce measures of assistance received by each firm directly into industr... Read More about Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China, 1998-2007.

What’s so special about empirical adequacy? (2016)
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Cartwright, N., & Bhakthavatsalam, S. (2016). What’s so special about empirical adequacy?

Theory choice has long been a prime topic in philosophy of science: ‘How should we choose from among competing theories?’ Theory virtues have also in recent years become a standard, closely related topic: 'What virtues should a desirable theory have?... Read More about What’s so special about empirical adequacy?.

Policy Paper: Brexit, Ireland and Northern Ireland (2016)
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de Mars, S., Murray, C., O'Donoghue, A., & Warwick, B. T. (2016). Policy Paper: Brexit, Ireland and Northern Ireland

http://crossborder.ie/site2015/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Policy-Paper_Brexit-Ireland-and-Northern-Ireland-June-2016-1.pdf

Earthquake science in DRR policy and practice in Nepal (2016)
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Oven, K., Milledge, D., Densmore, A., Jones, H., Sargeant, S., & Datta, A. (2016). Earthquake science in DRR policy and practice in Nepal

Nepal is a geologically active country with a long history of destructive earthquakes – most recently in the 2015 Gorkha earthquake sequence. There have been substantial advances in the scientic understanding of earthquake hazard in Nepal, but it is... Read More about Earthquake science in DRR policy and practice in Nepal.

Beyond Borders: The End of the Mano River War(s)? (2016)
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Allouche, J., Benson, M., & McCormack, F. (2016). Beyond Borders: The End of the Mano River War(s)?

The Mano River sub-region, which includes Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d’Ivoire, has experienced decades of violent upheavals and political instability. This notably includes civil wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire. While the... Read More about Beyond Borders: The End of the Mano River War(s)?.

Iraq’s dark shadow : Tony Blair’s moment of truth? (2016)
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Labbé, M. (2016). Iraq’s dark shadow : Tony Blair’s moment of truth?

Britain’s intervention in Iraq in 2003 alongside the United States has hit the headlines for more than fourteen years. It shook up British domestic politics again in August 2015, when Labour Party leadership candidate – now Leader – Jeremy Corbyn exp... Read More about Iraq’s dark shadow : Tony Blair’s moment of truth?.

Emerging Economy Universities, the next big thing? How will they challenge the dominance of North American and European Universities? (2016)
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Warwick, P. (2016). Emerging Economy Universities, the next big thing? How will they challenge the dominance of North American and European Universities?

The expansion of the transnational education activities of leading universities from Australia, Europe and North America has been one of the more noticeable developments in the global higher education business during the last decade. In other sectors... Read More about Emerging Economy Universities, the next big thing? How will they challenge the dominance of North American and European Universities?.

Objectivity – what it is for, when we can have it and when we can’t (2016)
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Hardie, J. (2016). Objectivity – what it is for, when we can have it and when we can’t

The usage of the words “public” and “public sphere” betrays a multiplicity of concurrent meanings. Their origins go back to various historical phases and....they fuse into a clouded amalgam. Jűrgen Habermas German: I wonder what future historians wil... Read More about Objectivity – what it is for, when we can have it and when we can’t.

Causality, teleology and explanation in social sciences (2016)
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Crespo, R. F. (2016). Causality, teleology and explanation in social sciences

Causality and explanation are hot topics in the contemporary philosophy of natural and social sciences. The dissatisfaction with some “classical” accounts of scientific explanation (such as the deductive-nomological or covering law model, or the indu... Read More about Causality, teleology and explanation in social sciences.

Risk Management and the Money Multiplier (2016)
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Damjanovic, T., Damjanovic, V., & Nolan, C. (2016). Risk Management and the Money Multiplier

The conventional model of bank liquidity risk management predicts a negative relation between the risk free rate and the money multiplier. We extend that model to reflect credit, or loan book, risk. We find that credit risk model predicts a positive co... Read More about Risk Management and the Money Multiplier.

The Provision of End-of-Life Care in Residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) as a Feasible Option to Living and Dying Well for an Ageing Population (Policy No. 1) (2016)
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Fang, M., Lou, W., & Kong, S. (2016). The Provision of End-of-Life Care in Residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) as a Feasible Option to Living and Dying Well for an Ageing Population (Policy No. 1)

Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials (2016)
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Cartwright, N., & Deaton, A. (2016). Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials

What allows research evidence to contribute to successful social policy and improve practice in public services? The establishment of the What Works Network, a group of evidence ‘clearing houses’, that summarise academic research evidence for practit... Read More about Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials.

Economic Analysis of Policies to Regulate Agricultural Externalities from Malaysian Palm Oil Production. (2016)
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Aftab, A. (2016). Economic Analysis of Policies to Regulate Agricultural Externalities from Malaysian Palm Oil Production

Energy drinks: what's the evidence? (2016)
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Visram, S., & Hashem, K. (2016). Energy drinks: what's the evidence?

The UK, in common with many other countries, has seen a rapid rise in the per capita consumption of energy drinks in the last few years. Energy drinks (soft drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre) are made up of water, caffeine, suga... Read More about Energy drinks: what's the evidence?.