There is an emerging consensus both within the social scientific research community and more widely in public domain that expert authority “in trouble.” However, there much greater disagreement over scope scale of this trouble what it might mean for nature, status, significance 21st century. This paper identifies assesses three different narratives concerning crisis authority. These constitute ...

If an antitrust authority chooses an enforcement policy to maximize the number of successfully prosecuted cartels, when does that policy minimize the number of cartels that form? When the detection and prosecution of cartels is inherently difficult, we find that an antitrust authority’s policy minimizes the number of cartels, as is socially desirable. But when the detection and prosecution of c...

two experiments were performed to determine the effectiveness of different progestogens contained in intravaginal devices, different doses of ecg and subsequent hcg treatment on the reproductive performance of estrus-induced mature lori ewes. in the first experiment, 88 ewes were allocated into two groups, and were treated with either fluorogestone acetate (fga) sponges or controlled internal d...

inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) frequently affects young patients of childbearing age. treatments for inflammatory bowel disease include immunosuppressive, cytotoxic and surgical therapies. azathioprine is frequently used to treat patients with steroid dependent ibd. we report the case of a patient with ulcerative colitis, treated with azathioprine prior to conception and during the subsequent...

Abstract This essay examines the representation of young girls in Song dynasty literary and visual arts as period portrayals an important human emotion: parental love. The literature on doting parents extends far back Chinese history, but times children become focus family manuals, pediatric expanding material culture which imaginary lives play are conveyed to readers viewers. Girls shown not o...

States claim to have authority over prospective immigrants who not yet been admitted but are nonetheless expected comply with immigration law. But what could ground such an claim? The service conception of defended by Raz appears apply in this case. Nor can it be argued that give their consent the state applying for admission. Another approach appeals practice reciprocity between states respect...

non-authority of “alidjma almadraki” (idjma with known origins) is a topic frequently raised in the usulis’ contemporary literature. in this paper, the authority of “alidjma almadraki” has been studied through revisiting this idjma since the introduction of idjma in general by shia scholars up to the present. the results of this study show that based on all foundations raised to prove the autho...

We explore enforcement spillovers when sanctions at one entity influence behavior at other entities. Our model illustrates when spillovers arise from a regulatory channel and when they arise from a channel not previously emphasized: product markets. Our model motivates empirically-refutable hypotheses, which we test using data from Clean Water Act manufacturers. We find that penalties create po...