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The United States' Response to Human Trafficking : Sword of Justice or Paper Tiger
McKee, Kathleen A. - 2016
The purpose of this Article is to examine the legislative response of the United States to human trafficking. Section I discusses the factors most frequently cited as contributing to the problem. Section II examines the international authority for interdicting trafficking. Section III examines...
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Copyright and Cultural Institutions : Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Hirtle, Peter B.; Hudson, Emily; Kenyon, Andrew T. - 2019
Digital communications technologies have led to fundamental changes in the ways that cultural institutions fulfil their … public missions of access, preservation, research, and education. Institutions are developing publicly-accessible websites in …. It discusses the exclusive rights of the copyright owner, the major exemptions used by cultural heritage institutions …
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An Accidental Brexit : New EU and Transatlantic Economic Perspectives
Welfens, Paul J.J. - 2017
book by Paul J.J. Welfens, dealing with the result of the Brexit referendum, presents a harsh, rational and critical …, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria This book analyzes how the EU referendum in the United Kingdom came to pass and what … estimated impact of the referendum was deeply distorted by the broadly inadequate information produced by the Cameron government …
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An accidental Brexit : new EU and transatlantic economic perspectives
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2017
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The paradox of declining female happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2009
By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. The paradox of women's declining relative well-being is...
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Subjective and objective indicators of racial progress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013
Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well-being...
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Patent trolls : evidence from targeted firms
Cohen, Lauren; Gurun, Umit G.; Kominers, Scott Duke - 2014 - This version: August 7, 2014
We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Our model shows that NPE litigation can reduce infringement and support small inventors. However, the model also shows...
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Raising Compulsory Automobile Insurance Minimum Amounts : A Case Study from the United States
Robinette, Christopher J. - 2020
This article discusses a decision both European Union Member States and states in the United States must make: whether to raise their compulsory automobile insurance minimum amounts. The authors review a case study from the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and conclude a proposed...
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Intellectual Property Game between China and USA : A Law and Economic Analysis of the WTO Case
Zhou, Chao - 2008
On 10 April, 2007, the United States requested consultations with China through DSB of WTO concerning certain measures pertaining to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in China. The focus of this thesis is on the first argument of USTR about the thresholds for...
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