This paper studies the interplay between two groups of countries, large and small, which compete sequentially on corporate taxes environmental regulations to attract imperfectly mobile firms. We show that in general, small countries undercut terms taxes. The choose be both tax pollution havens when they are less concerned about environment than capital integration is low. never act as havens. F...

The amount of time and money spent on restoring rivers for declining populations of salmon has grown substantially in recent decades. But despite the infusion of resources, many studies suggest that salmon populations are continuing to decline, leading some to question the effectiveness of restoration efforts. Here we examine whether a particular form of salmon restoration—channel reconfigurati...

Niche construction theory concerns how organisms can change selection pressures by altering the feature–factor relationship between themselves and their environment. These alterations are standardly understood to be brought about through two kinds of organism–environment interaction: perturbative relocational niche construction. We argue that a reconceptualization is needed on grounds if as rel...

Abstract In order to meet the high demands on tolerances and surface qualities, for example in automotive lighting applications, a hybrid part composed of light metal (aluminium) an amorphous thermoplastic (polycarbonate) could be alternative established mono‐materials used today. Due lack adhesion promoter systems joining this specific material combination, micro‐form‐fitted connection by crea...

More than a decade after passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), concerns about the privacy and security of personal health information remain a major policy issue. Now, the emergence of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) presents deeper underlying privacy challenges, which will require renewed attention from policymakers as federal and state pr...

This paper explores the relationship of history and comedy in Joker (2019) through a theory broken thingness queer failure – investigating interplay film’s use comic timing signifiers historical time its diegesis. I argue that uses black humour to probe disjointed affective masculine dressage, repeating crises city coded as 1970s New York. While arguably courting ironising nihilisms alt-right, ...