In this paper we present {\em refinement modal logic}. A refinement is like a bisimulation, except that from the three relational requirements only `atoms' and `back' need to be satisfied. Our logic contains a new operator 'all' in addition to the standard modalities 'box' for each agent. The operat...

After more than ten years of hectic debates on international ‘land grabs’, academic interest in collapsed land deals or projects with unexpected results is growing. According to the Land Matrix, Tanzania is one of the target countries for such deals, with a number ‘abandoned’ or delayed and projects...

This article proposes a review of recent econometric studies which have made use of the disaggregated statistics of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the United States concerning open positions on oil derivatives markets by type of player. The more detailed distinction between “comm...

Complete reference: Olivier Bouquet (2007), Les Pachas du sultan : Essai sur les agents supérieurs de l’État ottoman (1839-1909), Leuven, Peeters, Collection Turcica vol. XII, xxxiv + 587 p. 75 € paper. ISBN: 978-90-429-1892-4 ‘All the Sultan’s men...,’ to paraphrase the old nursery rhyme, might be...

The generalisation of evaluation in the field of social and medical and social work responds to a request for state control and standardisation. This intention, which is strongly marked by positivist design, is reflected in recommendations for good professional practice. The way in which they are wr...

The National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) series provides information on health expenditures by or on behalf of families and individuals, the financing of these expenditures, and each person's use of services. The Survey of American Indians and Alaska Natives (SAIAN) was designed in collaborati...

We consider a group of strategic agents who must each repeatedly take one of two possible actions. They learn which of the two actions is preferable from initial private signals, and by observing the actions of their neighbors in a social network. We show that the question of whether or not the agen...

I examine global dynamics in a monetary model with overlapping generations of finite-horizon agents and a binding lower bound on nominal interest rates. Debt targeting rules exacerbate the possibility of self-fulfilling liquidity traps, for agents expect austerity following deflationary slumps. Conv...

Colloque annuel 2021 de Christian Churches, Culture and Society in Contemporary Europe (CCSCE), Religion, social commitment and female agency. Encounters with subalternity and resilience , en ligne, 31 mai-3 juin 2021.

In vivo preclinical imaging in oncology is a tool of choice to study the mechanisms thatgovern this pathology as well as for the evaluation of innovative diagnostic and therapeuticsolutions. Each imaging modality has its own strengths and limitations and that’s why thereis a real benefit to combine...

This dissertation examines the philosophical foundations of social choice theory. Social choice theory is the area of normative economics which is concerned with the aggregation of individual preferences. The aim of this work is to investigate the philosophical assumptions of social choice theory in...

Digital and virtual communication impacts increasingly upon the management of natural hazards in an uncertain world, challenging the boundaries between science and society. This study uses sociological theory to explore how technology reduces the mitigation failures and conflicts that scholars often...

David Dequech (2021) Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Online first Abstract. The role of conventions in Keynes’s theory has been controversial. When dealing with investment and production decisions, Keynes referred to a projective rule that is his main example of convention. In addition, convent...

Although it is recognized that parental time is a strong determinant of child development, little is known about heterogeneity across the effects of parental time. Using the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children, I model the cognitive and socio-emotional skills production functions for children...

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In this text, I propose to adapt the Collective Agentivity theory of List and Pettit so as to consider nations as agents. This exercise could thus give an additional argument to collective rights theories of interest to national groups, since they can truly be recognised as subjects of rights, capab...

International audience Connections between economics and art encompass far more than simply the art market. By looking beyond auction prices, artists’ career trajectories, and marketing strategies, scholars can better engage with the economic significance of art objects in a range of social and disc...

We introduce and discuss optimal control strategies for kinetic models for wealth distribution in a simple market economy, acting to minimize the variance of the wealth density among the population. Our analysis is based on a finite time horizon approximation, or model predictive control, of the cor...

[PT] Retraction may generate cracks in high-performance self-compacting concrete (CAAAD) by decreasing its durability, in order to reduce or eliminate the shrinkage of the concrete, retraction mitigating aids are used. The purpose of this search is to show the behaviour of CAAADs that were produced...

at the end of November 2009 will conclude the EMMA “Young Researchers/Young Researchers” programme (“For a historical anthropology of emotions in the Western Middle Ages”) funded by the National Research Agency. It is obviously not the end of EMMA, which continues to exist with the support of other...

The main purpose of this article is to present a theoretical proposal for empirical analysis of individual reflexivity. The contributions of different authors in the sociology field, which they consider to be the most relevant, by the operational tools they provide, are discussed in order to respond...

This thesis is about Ronald Dworkin’s conception of justice as equal respect and concern from which we study the interaction between its principles and the development of personal identity. The idea behind it is that justice as equal liberty involves a problem of commensurability : how do we ascerta...

The accredited bodies of international adoption in France, that means Authorized Organizations for Adoption (AOA) and FAA (French Agency for Adoption) occupy a prominent place in the international adoption process. They hold the power to give to a child a family. To this end, they are “relationsmake...

California Red Scale (PRC), Aonidiella aurantii (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is considered as a key pest. In eastern Spain, it has spread over the last decades to cover a wide range of citrus fruits. Chemical control is difficult and often followed by recurrent infestations in a short period of time, th...

In this text I consider the notions of Brazilian agency that migrated to Europe from different sectors of the sex market. The analysis is based on a multi-site ethnography carried out in Brazil, Italy and Spain. I consider that the alteration of contexts has an impact on the re-significance of the d...