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Subnational government tax revenue capacity and effort convergence : New evidence from sequential unit root tests

Convergence in revenue capacity and effort around rising trends help more subnational governments assume their devolved functions. We examine the extent of such convergence by estimating the proportion of all pairwise convergent gaps in a panel of 48 combined state-local governments (SLGs) over the period 1981–2013 using a novel methodology. We found no evidence of convergence in tax revenue capac

A panel of biomarkers for diagnosis of prostate cancer using urine samples

Background/Aim: Prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis using patient urine samples represents a non-invasive and more convenient method than the conventional biopsy and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. This study intended to identify a biomarker panel to distinguish PCa from benign prostate using urine samples. Materials and Methods: We identified six biomarkers with differential gene expression in

Development and application of laser diagnostics - from laboratory devices towards practical combustion engines

For many decades, research work on combustion has been focused on improving combustion efficiency and reducing harmful emissions. Laser diagnostics is one of the best ways to investigate the combustion process and emission formation as it is non-intrusive and it has high spatiotemporal resolution. In this thesis work, many laser diagnostics have been developed and employed for combustion research.

On the Elusive Nature of Modernisation in Government

Välfärdsstaden återbesökt. Politiskt deltagande i det nya Malmö.

Blaming Women or Blaming the System? Public Perceptions of Women's Underrepresentation in Elected Office

Does military pressure boost fiscal capacity? Evidence from late-modern military revolutions in Europe and North-America

New Quantitative Estimates of Long-Term Military Spending in Spain (1850–2009)

Do democracies spend less on the military? Spain as a long-term case study (1876-2009)

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Does military pressure boost fiscal capacity? Evidence from late-modern military revolutions in Europe and North-America

Do democracies spend less on the military? Spain as a long-term case study (1876-2009)

New Quantitative Estimates on Long-Term Military Spending in Spain (1850–2009)

Artificiell intelligens: vems ansvar?

Detta kapitel tar ett politiskt perspektiv på liv med artificiell intelligens som exempel. Kapitlet undersöker politiska initiativ om robotar och artificiell intelligens för att se hur beslutsfattare och deras rådgivare resonerar kring frågor om etik, demokrati och ansvar.

Review of Hugh Rockoff, America’s Economic Way of War: US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War

Reparation av murade fasader med korrosionsskador

Socialdemokratin och flyktingkrisen

Nationalismen är det modernas tecken

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Candidate selection is a major function exercised by political parties. Yet they differ a lot regarding who selects their candidates, varying on both dimensions of inclusiveness and centralisation. One can wonder whether these variations in the modes of candidate selection do really matter. The paper classifies ten Belgian political parties, for two federal elections – a regular (2007) and an earl

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Political parties throughout Europe are witnessing a significant professionalization of their daily functioning. Professionalization refers to an institutional process “by which professionals become more central to an organization, in this case a party” (Webb & Kolodny 2006: 338). The centrality of professionals is most obvious in parties’ reliance on an expanding body of professional staff me