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economics

Sticky Spending, Sequestration, and Government Debt

Once established, government spending programs tend to continue. A commonly held view is that spending inertia leads to unsustainable debt, ultimately requiring fiscal adjustments such as "sequestrati ...

Piguillem Facundo, Riboni Alessandro

American Economic Review, Vol. 114, No. 11, pp. 3513-50, November, 2024

sociology

The Economic Penalty of Terrorism: Increase in Discrimination against Arabs and Muslims after Paris Attacks

What repercussions does Islamist terrorism have for Arab/Muslim minorities in targeted countries? We highlight consequences in the domain of online real estate rental. Using high-frequency data on all ...

Wagner Sander, Petev Ivaylo

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2024

sociology

Broadening the scope of anthropogenic influence in extreme event attribution

As extreme event attribution (EEA) matures, explaining the impacts of extreme events has risen to be a key focus for attribution scientists. Studies of this type usually assess the contribution of ant ...

Jézéquel Aglaé, Bastos Ana, Faranda Davide, Kimutai Joyce, Le Grix Natacha, Wilson Anna M, Rufat Samuel, Shepherd Theodore G, Stuart-Smith Rupert F, Van Loon Anne F

Environmental Research: Climate, Volume 3, Number 4, 2024

sociology

Vulnerability, Territory, Population. From Critique to Public Policy

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the term “vulnerable” was applied to “individuals” and to “populations”, “groups” and “countries” in discussions, laws and regulations; now it applies ...

Rufat Samuel, Metzger Pascale

Wiley, Geography of Risk, 2024