The effect of CEO tenure on corporate investment and disinvestment
2013 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the relationship between corporate investment and disinvestment rates and CEO tenure in the United States.
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Family structure and the well-being of children in youth and adulthood
2013 study from Syracuse and Georgetown University in Social Science Research on how single parenthood can affects children’s life outcomes.
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Al-Shabab, chaos in Somalia and international terrorism
2013 review of scholarship and think tank reports that provide key insights into Somali terror group Al-Shabab’s history, funding and internal politics.
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Political polarization and the American public: From geography to dating
2013 research review on polarization in various areas of American life, including geographical location, social relationships and dating preferences.
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Informing the news: The need for knowledge-based reporting
Essay by Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center.
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What’s new in digital scholarship: September 2013
September 2013 review of new studies on news, social media and Internet-related behavior and patterns.
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The debt ceiling and a potential U.S. default: Background research
2013 selection of recent research on the possibility of a U.S. default on its debt and Congressional negotiations over raising the debt ceiling.
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Beyond guns and god: The complexities of the white working class in America
2012 report from the Public Religion Research Institute on the cultural and political beliefs of white working-class Americans.
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Federal government shutdown: Causes, processes and effects
2011 report by the Congressional Research Service on the details of a shutdown and the impact of the last such event, in 1995-1996
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Democracy in the developing world: The role of economic growth, social capital and crime
2013 study in American Economic Review on how perceptions of security in Latin American countries influence trust in democratic institutions.
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