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‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New political governance and the English planning inspectorate
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Hickman, H., & Boddy, M. ‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New political governance and the English planning inspectorate

This paper reviews empirical evidence from interviews with forty professionals, of increased central control over the Planning Inspectorate, an executive agency of the UK Government. It highlights the acute tensions for inspectors and the planning sy... Read More about ‘If independence goes, the planning system goes’: New political governance and the English planning inspectorate.

DSGE models and the Lucas Critique. A historical appraisal
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Sergi, F. (2018). DSGE models and the Lucas Critique. A historical appraisal. Economics Working Papers

This contribution to the history of the economic thought aims at describing how “Econometric Policy Evaluation: A Critique” (Lucas, 1976) has been interpreted through four decades of debates. This historical appraisal clarifies how Lucas’s argument i... Read More about DSGE models and the Lucas Critique. A historical appraisal.

Urban food security in the context of inequality and dietary change: A study of schoolchildren in Accra
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Stevano, S., Johnston, D., & Codjoe, E. (2018). Urban food security in the context of inequality and dietary change: A study of schoolchildren in Accra

Diets are changing globally, as agricultural and food systems have become globalised and created new forms of food production, distribution, and trade. Understanding how patterns of globalisation affect the welfare of populations is a key development... Read More about Urban food security in the context of inequality and dietary change: A study of schoolchildren in Accra.

Can corporate social reporting mitigate reputational risk? The role of ambivalence and attribution
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Chen, Z., Hang, H., Pavelin, S., & Porter, L. Can corporate social reporting mitigate reputational risk? The role of ambivalence and attribution

While disclosing corporate social and environmental performance has become a common practice around the world, whether such reporting can effectively mitigate reputational risk remains unclear. The existing empirical evidence is not only indirect b... Read More about Can corporate social reporting mitigate reputational risk? The role of ambivalence and attribution.

Reacting to the Lucas Critique: The Keynesians' pragmatic replies
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Goutsmedt, A., Pinzon-Fuchs, E., Renault, M., & Sergi, F. (2017). Reacting to the Lucas Critique: The Keynesians' pragmatic replies. Paris, France

We illustrate how the Lucas Critique was called into question by Keynesian macroeconomists during the 1970s and 1980s. Our claim is that Keynesians' reactions were carried out from a pragmatic approach, which addressed the empirical and practical rel... Read More about Reacting to the Lucas Critique: The Keynesians' pragmatic replies.

Climate change, financial stability and monetary policy
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Dafermos, Y., Nikolaidi, M., & Galanis, G. (2017). Climate change, financial stability and monetary policy

Using a stock-flow-fund ecological macroeconomic model, we analyse (i) the effects of climate change on financial stability and (ii) the financial and global warming implications of a green quantitative easing (QE) programme. Emphasis is placed on th... Read More about Climate change, financial stability and monetary policy.

SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?
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Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?. UWE Bristol

In post-communist economies, a disproportionately greater share of formal finance is channelled to larger enterprises and SMEs lack appropriately-priced formal finance. This article examines whether institutional structure and interpersonal connected... Read More about SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?.

Examining neighbourhood plans in England: The experience so far
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Parker, G., Salter, K., & Hickman, H. (2017). Examining neighbourhood plans in England: The experience so far

The planning system in England has undergone serial and far-reaching reforms over the past two decades with a number of notable changes reflecting a drive to speed-up planning, rescale it and look towards the neighbourhood as a unit of planning gove... Read More about Examining neighbourhood plans in England: The experience so far.

Managing the inshore marine environment in the marine and coastal access act era: The Welsh experience
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and coastal access act era: The Welsh experience. University of the West of England

Fellow Authors, Lewis, K. (Aberystwyth University) and Bullimore, B. ( Marine Environmental Consultant) This study investigated the Welsh Government’s approach to inshore fisheries management since commencement of the provisions in the 2009 Marine... Read More about Managing the inshore marine environment in the marine and coastal access act era: The Welsh experience.

The management of the UK's public fishery: A large squatting claim?
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Appleby, T., van der Werf, Y., & Williams, C. (2016). The management of the UK's public fishery: A large squatting claim?

The UK’s fishery is a public asset worth in the region of £1,125 million. The free allocation of quota to commercial businesses on the basis of 2 years’ track record is a similar process to permitting that public asset to be squatted. The complex a... Read More about The management of the UK's public fishery: A large squatting claim?.

Do shadow banks create money? 'Financialisation' and the monetary circuit
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Michell, J. (2016). Do shadow banks create money? 'Financialisation' and the monetary circuit

The rise of the shadow banking system is viewed throught the lens of Graziani's Monetary Theory of Production. Graziani's categories of 'initial finance' and 'final finance' are used to analyse the new forms of credit created in the shadow banking se... Read More about Do shadow banks create money? 'Financialisation' and the monetary circuit.

The elusive meaning of success for student and tutors in a business school: A learning and teaching project
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Page, M. (2016). The elusive meaning of success for student and tutors in a business school: A learning and teaching project

This working paper presents the findings of a student/tutor participative inquiry into the meaning of ‘success’ for students in the university. The paper tells the story of how the inquiry developed, and analyses how learning developed through co-inq... Read More about The elusive meaning of success for student and tutors in a business school: A learning and teaching project.

Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?
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Ritchie, F. (2016). Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?. Bristol, UK

The re-use of administrative data for social research holds great potential. From a privacy perspective, administrative data present some additional challenges, including lack of consent, existence of matching databases, and the association with data... Read More about Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?.

Slime extralligence: Developing a wearable sensorial and computing network with physarum polycephalum
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Adamatzky, A., & Schubert, T. Slime extralligence: Developing a wearable sensorial and computing network with physarum polycephalum

We proposed, and partly implement in laboratory conditions, an intelligent adaptive living network wearable by humans and robots. When grown on 3D bodies (living or inanimate) the living Physarum network provide a highly-distributed sensorial struc... Read More about Slime extralligence: Developing a wearable sensorial and computing network with physarum polycephalum.