In: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2010, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 357-380
Various political institutions designed to control the government have been analyzed in the academic literature. However, an important institution has been neglected so far: independent auditing institutions with an extended mandate to audit the budget draft and individual policy proposals. We argue that such auditors improve transparency and provide essential information on the impact of policy...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2016 ; 2016COM002.
In the management discipline, scholarly impact is most commonly measured using a researcher perspective, by counting the number of times a particular article is mentioned in the references section of other articles (Aguinis, Shapiro, Antonacopoulou, and Cummings, 2014). This approach conceptualizes scholarly impact using a measurable indicator, the citation count an article receives. Several...
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In: Philosophical Explorations, 2010, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 173-200
In his paper, The Transparency of Experience, M.G.F. Martin has put forward a wellknown – though not always equally well understood – argument for the disjunctivist, and against the intentional, approach to perceptual experiences. In this article, I intend to do four things: (i) to present the details of Martin’s complex argument; (ii) to defend its soundness against orthodox...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013COM001.
The study focuses on whether and to what extent advertisers may influence the editorial content of free and traditional newspapers in the German part of Switzerland. Fierce competition between media conglomerates and declining newspaper circulation rates aggravate the struggle for financial resources. As a result, advertising is more likely to exert a strong influence on the daily decision...
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