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作者:Levine-Schnur, Ronit
作者单位:Reichman University
摘要:A controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London (2005) which did not limit the use of state's eminent domain powers, led to an unprecedented legislative reaction by almost all 50 states. Of all, New York State stands out as one of the single states not to respond with a legislative amendment. In this study, I ask whether the state's predation was greater in the years following these legal and political developments, in light of the freedom which was granted to local p...
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作者:Thiemann, Matthias; Stellinga, Bart
摘要:Implementing precautionary measures that have obvious distributional consequences today but often only invisible future benefits is politically difficult. It requires that policymakers reconcile technocratic expertise with political consent. This paper traces attempts to enact such measures, focusing on countercyclical policies to limit the systemic risks of housing booms as proposed by financial stability committees in Germany, France, and the Netherlands from 2015 onwards. These committees b...
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作者:Kinniburgh, Fiona; Selin, Henrik; Selin, Noelle E.; Schreurs, Miranda
作者单位:Technical University of Munich; Technical University of Munich; Boston University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
摘要:Private standards play an increasingly important governance role, yet their effects on state-led policymaking remain understudied. We examine how the operation of private agricultural standards influences multilateral pesticide governance with a particular focus on the listing of substances under the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, a treaty-based information-sharing mechanism that allows countri...
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作者:Schrama, Reini
作者单位:Radboud University Nijmegen
摘要:The need for supranational regulatory capacity and the drive for governmental control are two colliding forces in international governance. As a solution to this governance dilemma, European administrative networks need to simultaneously fulfill the demand for supranational institutions and maintain governmental control. The assessment of risks associated with medicines authorized on the European market is carried out by such a network of national regulators as part of the European Medicines A...
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作者:Hill, Dustin T.; Collins, Mary B.
作者单位:State University of New York (SUNY) System; State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science & Forestry; Syracuse University; State University of New York (SUNY) System; State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science & Forestry
摘要:Public procurement is a large sector of the economy with most procurement going to the defense sector. Procurement by the defense sector includes purchases made through contracts to private businesses that manufacture durable goods. Manufacturing of these goods results in pollution production with toxic wastes being among the most dangerous pollutants for public health. Despite green purchasing policy goals, most transactions in the United States through defense contracts result in disproporti...