Many gay male couples make agreements about whether or not to permit sex with outside partners, yet little is known about the development and maintenance of these agreements, their impact on relationships, and whether they are an effective HIV prevention strategy. Using semi-structured, qualitative interviews, 39 gay male couples were asked about their sexual agreements and about other relation...

Abstract Legal issues of ICOs are significant in the contemporary financial world because this method capital formation is becoming widespread. In spite significance ICOs, there no regulations field most important legal systems. Therefore, research concerning future provisions area needed. This paper concerns related to scope and structure applicable ICOs. The author focuses on principles which...

For decades, combating climate change has been a global challenge, which requires jointly coordinated efforts by numerous, international actors. However, it shown time and again that agreeing on globally binding agreements without government proves difficult. To this end, paper examines the possibility of tolerance premium. This means transfer payment in exchange for accepting complying with as...

In the article, authors developed proposals for improving accounting and management of settlements with counterparties at importing agricultural enterprises in context global digitalization, namely: proposed analytical accounts suppliers enterprises, which will help control payable, time its payment to plan agreements contractors; considered detail payments contractors, namely discounts from fo...

We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in favor of competing host countries. Accounting for spatial dependence in the formation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and preferential trade...

Banks and other depository institutions have signed more than 300 community reinvestment agreements valued at $350 billion in the two decades since the passage of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). This article examines the effectiveness of negotiating CRA agreements in Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey. After describing the agreements and the procedures by which they are enforc...

We use detailed trade, tariff, and income data for countries involved in 91 trade agreements negotiated since 1980 to test for reciprocity in free trade agreements. The results offer strong evidence of reciprocity in North-North and South-South free trade agreements, but there is little empirical support for reciprocity in North-South trade agreements. In particular, after controlling for other...

Background and Objectives: Informal payment in the health settings is a significant challenge facing the health system, with consequences such as inequity in access to healthcare services, distrust to health care system, and dissatisfied customers. Detailed identification of the nature of the problem is perquisite to developing relevant overcoming strategies. Given that, this study aimed at pro...