Challenges in research ethics education in the behavioral and social sciences appears to stem from two distinct yet related sources. One is the use of the terms “research ethics” and “research regulations” interchangeably. And, second is the notion that the ethical and regulatory frameworks for the protection of human research participants are not applicable to the behavioral and social science...

this paper seeks to explore the status of municipalities in the implementation of local social policy based on the existing legal framework though analyzing all legislations and regulations pertaining to municipalities (specially tehran municipality). the paper uses both quantitative and qualitative content analysis and applies thematic analysis. research findings indicate that most of tasks an...

In this study, we investigate the effects of mandatory social and environmental regulations (MSER) on firm innovation. 2008, Shanghai Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China published that mandate some public firms to disclose their governance information annual reports. As MSER apply only selected firms, provides an ideal setting for us observe Using a difference-in-differences with propensity-score-...

I support the primary and secondary thrusts of the recommendations of the President’s Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation. The primary thrust of these recommendations is that each financial institution should decide for itself where its comparative advantage lies within the domain of financial intermediaries and that institutions that are doing the same things should be subject to ...

It is part of the badge of being a red-blooded American businessman to oppose government regulation of business and-as the ultimate anathema-to oppose government takeover, i.e., government operation of an enterprise that might otherwise be run by private business. Although the insurance industry has long been regulated on the state level, there seems little or no fear of takeover by state gover...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between strength of local restaurant smoking regulations and smoking related social norms among youths and adults. DESIGN We used generalised estimating equations logistic regression analysis to examine the relation between regulation strength and youths' and adults' perceptions of adult smoking prevalence and the social acceptability of smoking in their town...

Regulatory constraints on bank leverage have been at the center of many policy discussions recently. One important question to emerge from these discussions has been whether these regulations should be time-dependent and how they would interact with the business cycle. We analyze this question using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with banks and bank capital. In the model, bank c...