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Controlling Money and Politics â€“ An Exercise in Damage Control

Walecki, Marcin - eSocialSciences - 2008

Whether there should be transparency in political finance? Whether there should be a control over the money that the political parties are receiving?

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Managing the Risks of Corporate Political Donations: A Utilitarian Perspective

Leong, Shane; Hazelton, James; Townley, Cynthia - In: Journal of Business Ethics 118 (2013) 2, pp. 429-445

This paper applies a utilitarian analysis to corporate political donations. Unlike the more common rights-based analyses, it is argued that the optimal policy is the one that best satisfies society’s rational preferences concerning donor influence, adequate financing, donor pressure and the...

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Party Activists, Campaign Funding and the Quality of Government

Maloney, John; Pickering, Andrew - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2010

We study the formation of government policy in democracies when turnout depends on party activists and campaign spending ‐ parties’ ‘political capital’. The functional importance of political capital determines equilibrium rent-seeking in government. Often the more potent political...

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An analysis of the credit rating agencies

D'Amato, Stephen - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 258-283

rating methodology and assess the ratings of these agencies in regards to Greece, France, and the USA. …

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Transfer students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions at the course-level: a case of minority students population

Kagochi, John; Durmaz, Nazif - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 5 (2014) 3, pp. 257-266

This paper empirically investigates the performance of transfer students from two-year colleges to four-year institutions at the course-level, especially colleges with significant minority student population. Advantages of looking at transfer student's performance at the course level are;...

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The financial contagion effects of the subprime crisis on BRIC countries

Hmida, Mourad - In: International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 175-188

phenomenon between the financial markets of the USA, Brazil, Russia, India and China during the current crisis. …

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Designing a large-scale emergency logistics network - a case study for Kentucky

Umut RÄ±fat Tuzkaya; Heragu, Sunderesh S.; Evans, … - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 8 (2014) 4, pp. 513-532

During a medical emergency in the USA, critical medical supplies such as medications, vaccines, gloves, masks and …

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Oil spills: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? USA and Africa

Wrigley, Eric - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 3 (2014) 3, pp. 237-253

The purpose of this paper is to answer the following question: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? In order to answer this question, this paper addresses the following topics: major oil spills, corporate social responsibility, corporate social irresponsibility,...

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Provider perceptions of electronic medical records and e-prescribing and their integration into safety net clinics

Hotchkiss, Renee Brent; Mason, Mondi A.; John R. … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 1/2/3, pp. 79-91

This paper reports the findings of a formative study that examined knowledge, readiness, and perceptions of healthcare providers in safety-net clinics about electronic medical records (EMR) and e-prescribing. It was conducted in six safety net clinics in southeast Georgia that serve a...

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The Muslim veil in the USA and France: a comparative analysis of law and policy

Salton, Herman T. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 10 (2014) 6, pp. 333-367

The USA and France are often perceived as having different, if not antipodal, legal and political systems. At first … sight the treatment of the Muslim veil at school confirms this impression, for this piece of clothing is seen in the USA as … angle. By adopting a comparative perspective, it looks at the treatment of the Muslim veil in France and the USA before 2004 …

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