380 research outputs found
An Impact Study of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the Six ACP Regions
No full textThis article intends to present a very detailed analysis of the trade-related aspects of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations. We use a dynamic partial equilibrium model – focusing on the demand side – at the HS6 level (covering 5,113 HS6 products). Two alternative lists of sensitive products are constructed, one giving priority to the agricultural sectors, the other focusing on tariff revenue preservation. In order to be WTO compatible, EPAs must translate into 90 percent of bilateral trade fully liberalised. We use this criterion to simulate EPAs for each negotiating regional block. ACP exports to the EU are forecast to be 10 percent higher with the EPAs than under the GSP/EBA option. On average ACP countries are forecast to lose 70 percent of tariff revenues on EU imports in the long run. Yet imports from other regions of the world will continue to provide tariff revenues. Thus when tariff revenue losses are computed on total ACP imports, losses are limited to 26 percent on average in the long run and even 19 percent when the product lists are optimised. The final impact on the economy depends on the importance of tariffs in government revenue and on potential compensatory effects. However this long term and less visible effect will mainly depend on the capacity of each ACP country to reorganise its fiscal base.Preferential Trade Agreements, Africa, EPAs, Partial Equilibrium Simulations, International Relations/Trade,
Performing Under Pressure:The Influence of Personality-Trait-Like Individual Differences
No full textPersonality is often considered as a stable construct and, therefore, is not likely to change and can have underlying influences over behavior regardless of the conditions faced. Subsequently, this advocates personality as a valuable predictor of performance in pressurized environments. The current chapter shifts away from broad measures of personality, such as the big five personality dimensions, as these may not account for the unique individual differences that may influence the behavior and experience of pressure. The emphasis for this chapter is an individualized approach that focuses on the many other individual differences situated at the trait level, a term known as personality trait-like individual differences (PTLIDs). The selected group of PTLIDs were chosen for their influence on performance under a range of pressured environments and include traits such as hardiness and trait emotional intelligence. The current chapter provides a theoretical perspective of PTLIDs to further understand individuals' behavior under pressure and to suggest pathways for future research
De la laïcité à la française à la théorie normative de la religion (et retour).: Un entretien de Luc Foisneau avec Cécile Laborde
No full textThis interview with Cécile Laborde was conducted by Luc Foisneau in Aubervilliers on 13th April 2023. This interview has been published on the website Politika.io in French and English versions. In addition to Critical Republicanism (Oxford 2008) and a collective volume with John Maynor, Republicanism and Political Theory (Blackwell 2008), Cécile Laborde is the author of Liberalism's Religion (Harvard 2017). She's a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Academy of Belgium.Cet entretien avec Cécile Laborde a été réalisé par Luc Foisneau à Aubervilliers le 13 avril 2023. Cet entretien a été publié sur le site Politika.io en versions française et anglaise. Outre Critical Republicanism (Oxford 2008) et un volume collectif avec John Maynor, Republicanism and Political Theory (Blackwell 2008), Cécile Laborde est l'auteur de Liberalism's Religion (Harvard 2017). Elle est membre de la British Academy et de l'Académie royale de Belgique
Higher-order structure of mental toughness and the analysis of latent mean differences between athletes from 34 disciplines and non-athletes
No full textThe aim of this study was to investigate the higher-order structure of mental toughness and to examine differences in mental toughness between athletes and non-athletes. Participants of this study – 927 athletes and 931 non-athletes – completed a battery of questionnaires designed to assess four characteristics of mental toughness: hope, optimism, perseverance and resilience. The higher-order structure of mental toughness was found to be the same for both athletes and non-athletes. The latent mean differences analyses showed that athletes scored higher in mental toughness when compared to non-athletes. Taken together, these findings support the theoretical assumption that mental toughness is a higher-order construct encompassing different characteristics and that sport participation is associated with higher mental toughness.35301,3131,951Q1Q2SSC
Supplementary_File – Supplemental material for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Self-Serving Attribution Biases in the Competitive Context of Organized Sport
No full textSupplemental material, Supplementary_File for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Self-Serving Attribution Biases in the Competitive Context of Organized Sport by Mark S. Allen, Davina A. Robson, Luc J. Martin and Sylvain Laborde in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin</p
Construct and concurrent validity of the short- and long-form versions of the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire
No full textThis study tested the concurrent validity of the short-form version of the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire (TEIQue-SF) against the long-form version (TEIQue-LF), and the construct validity of each questionnaire. In total, 1889 Spanish adults (935 women, 954 men; mean age = 21.56 years, age range = 18-37 years) completed the TEIQue-SF and TEIQue-LF, the order of which was counterbalanced across participants. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the 4-factor structure of both the short-form and long-form versions, with marginally stronger factor loadings observed for the long-form. Bivariate correlations demonstrated a high degree of similarity in scoring on the TEIQue-SF and TEIQue-LF for each subscales and the global trait emotional intelligence (EI): well-being (r = 0.76), self-control (r = 0.69), emotionality (r = 0.78), sociability (r = 0.71), and global trait EI (r = 0.83). Overall, findings indicate that the TEIQue-SF is a viable alternative to the TEIQue-LF for research in time-restricted conditions where the completion of long questionnaires might be unfeasible.2352321,0792,005Q1Q2SSC
Heart rate variability in sport psychology: applications of the vagal tank theory.:An applied workshop.
No full textHeart rate variability (HRV) has recently gained a lot of attention in sport psychology. The reason for this is that it allows for non-invasive and cost-effective measurement of the activity within the parasympathetic nervous system regulating cardiac functioning, cardiac vagal activity. Based on a recent theoretical development with the vagal tank theory (Laborde, Mosley, & Mertgen, 2018b), this workshop will introduce how cardiac vagal activity can be used as an indicator for health, stress management, emotion regulation, and executive function, considering the 3Rs of cardiac vagal activity functioning: resting, reactivity, and recovery. Further, practical methodological recommendations will be presented (Laborde, Mosley, & Thayer, 2017), in order to get the most of HRV measurements in sports settings, taking into account the many factors that can influence HRV (Laborde, Mosley, & Mertgen, 2018a). Learning objectives: Participants will get first-hand experience of learning how to measure HRV with smartphone apps and ECG devices in different situations such as morning measurements, night measurements, preperformance routines, physical activity, post-training or post-competition recovery, psychosocial stress and relaxation methods. Further, they will also discover how to analyze and interpret the HRV data in Kubios software . All participants will be provided with the slides of the presentation, and those who volunteer to have their HRV measured will be provided with their HRV files at the end of the presentation
Positive personality-trait-like individual differences in athletes from individual- and team sports and in non-athletes
No full textThe aim of this study was twofold: first, to replicate the positive association between sport participation and positive personality-trait-like individual differences (PTLID), and second to investigate whether athletes from individual and team sports would differ regarding positive PTLID. Participants of this study – 600 non-athletes and 600 athletes (280 practicing individual sports, 320 team sports) – completed a battery of questionnaires designed to assess five characteristics grouped under the umbrella term of positive PTLID, including: perseverance, positivity, resilience, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. A first MANOVA revealed that athletes scored systematically higher than non-athletes on positive PTLID. A second MANOVA showed that athletes from individual sports scored higher on positive PTLID than athletes from team sports. This could be explained by the individual responsibility that comes from performing alone and the need to possess greater enduring personal dispositions to succeed
Communes : discussion sur un arrêté portant que les communes ne reconnaissent pas d'intermédiaires entre elles et le roi, lors de la séance du 3 juin 1789
No full textLe Chapelier Isaac René Guy, Laborde de Méréville François Louis Joseph de, Bailly Jean Sylvain, Milscent Marie Joseph. Communes : discussion sur un arrêté portant que les communes ne reconnaissent pas d'intermédiaires entre elles et le roi, lors de la séance du 3 juin 1789. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome VIII - Du 5 mai 1789 au 15 septembre 1789. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1875. p. 64
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