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Law, Ethics and Lockdowns: impacts on life, liberty and the economy (2023)
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Many people worldwide, particularly those with disabilities and the elderly, suffered greatly not only as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic but also as a result of the lockdowns. In this article we set out widely-accepted ethical criteria for assessi... Read More about Law, Ethics and Lockdowns: impacts on life, liberty and the economy.

Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes (2023)
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Laws mandating vaccination against Covid-19 as a condition of employment in health and care sectors were commonplace during the pandemic. Using weekly data at the local authority level, we examine the impact of the vaccine mandate for elderly care ho... Read More about Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes.

Diagnostic Sensitivity of Unenhanced CT for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Can Clot Density Measurement Replace CT Venogram? (2023)
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Objectives Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is an important cause of stroke in young adults. Noncontrast-enhanced CT head (NECT) is almost always the first investigation. Our objectives were as follows:1. How accurately does venous sinus density on N... Read More about Diagnostic Sensitivity of Unenhanced CT for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Can Clot Density Measurement Replace CT Venogram?.

Financial transaction taxes and market structure: lessons from the gambling industry (2022)
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Is assisted suicide a substitute for unassisted suicide? (2022)
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Posner hypothesised that the legalisation of assisted suicide may substitute for unassisted (unregulated) suicide. We test predictions arising from this hypothesis using data from US states that have legalised assisted suicide. Event study regression... Read More about Is assisted suicide a substitute for unassisted suicide?.

The Cheshire & Merseyside Collaborative trainee-led on-call service: a review of safety and efficiency (2021)
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AIM: The Cheshire and Merseyside Collaborative is the largest registrar led on-call service in the UK. This study aims to assess its safety and efficiency based on discrepancy rates and time take to issue reports. MATERIALS & METHODS: All studies... Read More about The Cheshire & Merseyside Collaborative trainee-led on-call service: a review of safety and efficiency.

Taxing Gambling Machines to Enhance Tourism (2020)
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Gambling machines are a key component of global gambling tourism. The taxation of these machines is a highly controversial area of policy debate involving tensions between industry profitability, economic growth and government revenue. We present the... Read More about Taxing Gambling Machines to Enhance Tourism.

Taxing Gambling Machines To Enhance Public and Private Revenue (2020)
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Electronic gambling (‘slot’) machines are a key component of the global gambling industry. We introduce a theoretical framework which shows that under reasonable assumptions, shifting from a per-machine licence fee to a gross profits tax (GPT) on ma... Read More about Taxing Gambling Machines To Enhance Public and Private Revenue.

The impact of sex education mandates on teenage pregnancy: International evidence (2020)
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To date most studies of the impact of school-based sex education have focused either on specific, local interventions or experiences at a national level. In this paper we use a new cross-country dataset to explore the extent to which laws on sex edu... Read More about The impact of sex education mandates on teenage pregnancy: International evidence.

Current imaging practice for suspected scaphoid fracture in patients with normal initial radiographs: UK-wide national audit (2019)
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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of scaphoid fractures in the young and active patient population is high. Initial suspicion relies on the combination of a clinical examination and scaphoid series. Both of these are imperfect and often result in premature... Read More about Current imaging practice for suspected scaphoid fracture in patients with normal initial radiographs: UK-wide national audit.

A New Era for the International Journal of the Economics of Business (2018)
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For over 25 years, the International Journal of the Economics of Business published path-breaking research that uses economics methods to understand business. The success of the Journal is in large part due to the initiative and hard work of the foun... Read More about A New Era for the International Journal of the Economics of Business.

The effect of spending cuts on teen pregnancy (2017)
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In recent years, English local authorities have been forced to make significant cuts to devolved expenditure. In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in local expenditure on one particular public health target: reducing rates of teen pregn... Read More about The effect of spending cuts on teen pregnancy.

Information asymmetries in the hiring process and the risk of new leader dismissal: insights from English premier league soccer organizations (2017)
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Why are some new leaders dismissed quicker than others? Adopting agency theory logic we examine how different succession contexts shape boards’ information asymmetries about a potential candidate’s competencies in the hiring process, which influences... Read More about Information asymmetries in the hiring process and the risk of new leader dismissal: insights from English premier league soccer organizations.

An Economic Analysis of Attendance Demand for One Day International Cricket (2015)
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How does legalization of physician assisted suicide affect rates of suicide? (2015)
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Objectives: Several US states have legalized or decriminalised physician assisted suicide (PAS) whilst others are currently considering permitting PAS. Although it has been suggested that legalization could plausibly lead to a reduction in total sui... Read More about How does legalization of physician assisted suicide affect rates of suicide?.

Forecasting the outcome of closed-door decisions: evidence from 500 years of betting on papal conclaves (2015)
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Closed-door decisions may be defined as decisions in which the outcome is determined by a limited number of decision-makers and where the process is shrouded in at least some secrecy. In this paper, we examine the use of betting markets to forecast o... Read More about Forecasting the outcome of closed-door decisions: evidence from 500 years of betting on papal conclaves.

The effects of leader succession and prior leader experience on postsuccession organizational performance (2015)
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In this article we strive to reconcile equivocal findings about the effects of top leader succession and prior leadership experience on postsuccession organizational performance. In doing so, we draw on insights from theories of human capital, learni... Read More about The effects of leader succession and prior leader experience on postsuccession organizational performance.

Is education the best contraception: the case of teenage pregnancy in England? (2015)
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This paper examines potential explanations for recent declines in teenage pregnancy in England. We estimate panel data models of teenage conception, birth and abortion rates from regions in England. Although point estimates are consistent with the pr... Read More about Is education the best contraception: the case of teenage pregnancy in England?.

Home bias in officiating: evidence from international cricket (2014)
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We use data on leg before wicket decisions from 1000 test cricket matches to quantify the systematic bias by officials (umpires) to favour home teams. We exploit recent changes in the regulation of test cricket as a series of natural experiments to h... Read More about Home bias in officiating: evidence from international cricket.

Uncertainty of outcome or strengths of teams: an economic analysis of attendance demand for international cricket (2014)
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A significant body of theoretical literature has argued that popular interest in sporting contests between teams is heavily influenced by how difficult it is to predict the result ex-ante. Empirical research has, however, been unable to reach a conse... Read More about Uncertainty of outcome or strengths of teams: an economic analysis of attendance demand for international cricket.