658 research outputs found
On the Regressivity of Gambling Taxes in Switzerland
No full textIn this study, the author assesses whether the gambling tax in Switzerland is regressive using a large, representative sample of the population and the reported gambling expenditures of the Swiss Health Survey 2007 (SHS 07). To analyze the tax incidence, the Suits index was constructed. This result is supported by a regression analysis, which highlights the income elasticity of gambling expenditures. The two measures provide converging results and demonstrate the regressive pattern of the gambling tax in Switzerland. As such, this taxation structure contributes to increased income inequality in Switzerland
Saint Dimitri of Rostov and Dostoevsky
No full textAcademic literature until now has ignored the possibility of seeing the roots of Dostoevsky’s idea of a God-bearing people in the Saint Dimitri of Rostov’s conception of the passion bearer. But, on the contrary, obvious parallels between the two permit the author to speak of a deliberate coincidence. On the other hand, the two are divided in their conceptions of the reasons for human sufferin
Die Herkunft des byzantinischen Familiennamens Λάσκαρις
No full textIn this article, the author suggests a new etymology for the name Laskaris, born by a family that gave Byzantium one of its imperial dynasties. Older hypotheses are examined, especially the generally accepted one according to which Laskaris is a name of Persian origin meaning "warrior." The author suggests Lascaris rather comes from a Arabic word defining a physical feature: "blonde" or "red-haired.REB 62 2004 p. 269-273
Dimitri Theodorides, Die Herkunft des Byzantinischen Familiennamens Αάσκαρις. — Cet article propose une nouvelle étymologie du nom Lascaris, porté par une famille qui donna une dynastie à Byzance. L'auteur reprend les hypothèses proposées, notamment celle qui est généralement admise et qui ferait de Lascaris un nom d'origine perse, signifiant le « guerrier ». L'auteur propose plutôt d'y voir un mot arabe caractérisant un trait physique : le « blond » ou le « roux ».Theodoridis Dimitri. Die Herkunft des byzantinischen Familiennamens Λάσκαρις. In: Revue des études byzantines, tome 62, 2004. pp. 269-273
Take me to church
No full textThis thesis is a narrative of masculinity and Latinx identity. More specifically, multiple generations of Puerto Ricanness.M.F.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Dimitri Reye
Mallophora Macquart 1834
No full text<i>Mallophora</i> Macquart, 1834 <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Subalar sclerite with a conical projection, anatergite bare, wing with cell r 2+3 broad apically and vein R4 with an auxiliary vein near its junction with R5, uniting R4 with R2+3 (Artigas & Angulo 1980; Kohler <i>et al.</i> 2013; Fisher 2009).</p>Published as part of <i>Yepes, Sol & Forero, Dimitri, 2021, Two new species of the bee-mimicking genus Mallophora (Diptera, Asilidae) from Colombia, pp. 431-440 in Zootaxa 4926 (3)</i> on page 432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.3.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4529447">http://zenodo.org/record/4529447</a>
Book Launch | Dimitri Van Den Meerssche's The World Bank's Lawyers
No full textOn Wednesday 16 November, the ESIL Interest Groups on History of Intentional Law and International Organisations and Völkerrechtsblog, hosted a book launch for The World Bank’s Lawyers by Dr. Dimitri van den Meerssche (Queen Mary University London).In addition to hearing from the author, discussants included Negar Mansouri (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Dr Gail Lythgoe (University of Manchester), Dr. Tommaso Soave (Central European University) and Dr. Ahmed Memon (Cardiff School of Law and Politics). Florenz Volkaert (Ghent University) moderated.<br/
Book Launch | Dimitri Van Den Meerssche's The World Bank's Lawyers
No full textOn Wednesday 16 November, the ESIL Interest Groups on History of Intentional Law and International Organisations and Völkerrechtsblog, hosted a book launch for The World Bank’s Lawyers by Dr. Dimitri van den Meerssche (Queen Mary University London).In addition to hearing from the author, discussants included Negar Mansouri (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Dr Gail Lythgoe (University of Manchester), Dr. Tommaso Soave (Central European University) and Dr. Ahmed Memon (Cardiff School of Law and Politics). Florenz Volkaert (Ghent University) moderated.<br/
Book Launch | Dimitri Van Den Meerssche's The World Bank's Lawyers
No full textOn Wednesday 16 November, the ESIL Interest Groups on History of Intentional Law and International Organisations and Völkerrechtsblog, hosted a book launch for The World Bank’s Lawyers by Dr. Dimitri van den Meerssche (Queen Mary University London).In addition to hearing from the author, discussants included Negar Mansouri (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Dr Gail Lythgoe (University of Manchester), Dr. Tommaso Soave (Central European University) and Dr. Ahmed Memon (Cardiff School of Law and Politics). Florenz Volkaert (Ghent University) moderated.<br/
Unemployment insurance in Algeria : implications for a labor market in transition
No full textTo predict how Algeria's unemployment crisis will evolve, the author evaluates the Algerian unemployment insurance system's ability to finance itself, to affect employment decisions, and promote enterprise restructuring. The main conclusion is that industrial restructuring has serious and persistent implications for the labor market. In an environment where many equilibria are possible, there is a real danger of reaching a high unemployment equilibrium. The big-bang experience of structural adjustment in Central and Eastern Europe transition economies resulted in large-scale unemployment. Despite considerable restructuring progress, structural rigidities still exist in the labor market, and long-term unemployment has persisted. One advantage of the big-bang approach is adjustment speed, but the resulting unemployment may be too costly for Algeria's economy, especially if it persists. A more modern mixed bang approach would incorporate active employment measures to mitigate entrenched unemployment. The policies will maintain or enhance human capital through work, so idle workers don't lose their skills. Flex-time arrangements would help workers maintain an attachment to the labor force. However minor, such work would help workers avoid the traps of long-term unemployment. Two striking conclusions emerge from the Central and Eastern European experience: a) unemployment is not essential to enterprise restructuring and labor market adjustment;and b) growing long-term unemployment is self-fulfilling and results in higher and persistence unemployment. Although active employment measures are costly and have relatively low rates of return in the short run, they can be marginally effective as part of a long-term strategy.Health Economics&Finance,Labor Policies,Environmental Economics&Policies,Labor Markets,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Labor Markets,Economic Theory&Research,Health Economics&Finance,Banks&Banking Reform
Emerging properties of the citations network
No full textTreballs Finals de Grau de Física, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2024, Tutor: Dimitri MarinelliThis essay presents an analysis of the American Physical Society (APS) dataset, comprising metadata and citations of APS articles. We focus on network structures behind the dataset.
We build three different networks: citation network, author citation networks, and co-author network.
We compute key network metrics such as degree distribution, clustering coefficients, and centrality measures. We expect the degree distribution of the different networks to follow a power-law distribution. Through simulations, we compare the citation network structure to randomly generated directed graphs built by the configuration model with the same degree distribution, obtaining substantially different structural configurations. The in-degree distribution of the citation network exhibited scale-free properties, compatible with the preferential attachment network development.
This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the APS citation network and emphasizes the importance of temporal and preferential attachment mechanisms in shaping real-world network
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