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The Copper Beech
In: New American studies journal: a forum, Band 75
ISSN: 2750-7327
a poem by Rita Dove
Nestor's Bathtub
In: New American studies journal: a forum, Band 75
ISSN: 2750-7327
a poem by Rita Dove
An Africological Excavation of Colonial Discourse
In: Journal of black studies, Band 55, Heft 3, S. 268-288
ISSN: 1552-4566
This article argues that epistemologies are significantly relevant to the decolonial project and the advancement of discourse around human interactions. Moreover, it is asserted that the decolonization of the mind can only occur within the context of changing the framework through which we understand the world and its history. As a concept, decolonizing the mind is dependent upon correcting dislocation and disorientation that leads to confusion about reality. However, decolonial discourse is often vulnerable to assume its own colonial orientation and can still be entrapped in centering European and Arab experiences regarding African history; it is the interrogation of those elements that Africology promotes. This paper demonstrates an imperative for a restructuring epistemology that is, inclusive of a multiplicity of perspectives. From the Africological vantage, the universalisms of European and Arab centered epistemes are grounded in cultures that in reifying their own existence, are antithetical to the free existence of those who do not adhere to their beliefs and values.
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A World at Sea: Maritime Practices and Global History ed. by Lauren Benton and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
In: Histoire sociale: Social history, Band 54, Heft 112, S. 672-675
ISSN: 1918-6576
Persuasive Elements in (S)extortion Correspondence Demanding Cryptocurrency
In: Dove, Martina, Persuasive Elements in (S)Extortion Correspondence Demanding Cryptocurrency (April 28, 2019). 9th Annual Counter Fraud and Forensic Accounting Conference, University of Portsmouth, UK. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3616205
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Requiring a Single IRB for Cooperative Research in the Revised Common Rule: What Lessons Can Be Learned from the UK and Elsewhere?
In: Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2019/05
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The Voices of Scam Victims: A Psychological Model of the Experience of Fraud
In: Chapter from Predicting Individual Differences in Vulnerability to Fraud (Doctoral dissertation, University of Portsmouth), 2018
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It's Easier to Contract Than to Pay: Judicial Independence and U.S. Municipal Default in the 19th Century
In: Journal of Comparative Economics, Forthcoming
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Is There a Relationship between TELs and Default? Evidence from US Municipalities
In: Papers in Regional Science, Forthcoming
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The relationship between local government economic freedom and bond ratings
In: Journal of financial economic policy, Band 9, Heft 4, S. 435-449
ISSN: 1757-6393
PurposeWith a newly developed measure of economic freedom across US local government jurisdictions, this paper aims to estimate the relationship between economic freedom and bond ratings.Design/methodology/approachThe author uses a battery of cross-sectional econometric models to identify the impact that economic freedom might have on bond ratings using a sample of US municipal governments.FindingsOverall, the results indicate that relatively more economic freedom within a local jurisdiction is associated with higher bond ratings and thus lower borrowing costs. However, similar to Roychoundhury and Lawson (2010), no specific subcomponent seems to affect bond ratings.Originality/valueTo the author's knowledge this is the first scholarly work to address this topic at the local level.
Judicial Independence and US State Bond Ratings: An Empirical Investigation
In: Public budgeting & finance, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 24-46
ISSN: 1540-5850
Significant research has assessed how judicial independence influences a number of economic outcomes, however, less has been done to evaluate how financial institutions perceive an independent judiciary. Therefore, this paper considers how greater judicial independence across US states may affect state bond ratings. Overall, the results suggest that states with relatively more independent judiciaries do in fact have higher bond ratings, which translates into lower borrowing costs. The results are robust to a number of specifications and suggest the role that an independent judiciary plays in contract enforcement along with several other important implications for future research.
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