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A Note On The Implications Of Brexit, E. Wesley F. Peterson, Marianna Khachaturyan
A Note On The Implications Of Brexit, E. Wesley F. Peterson, Marianna Khachaturyan
Cornhusker Economics
On June 23, 2016, the citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) voted by a narrow margin to withdraw from the European Union (EU) and on October 2, 2016, the recently chosen Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced that her government would invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of March 2017 triggering the process of exiting the EU. The purpose of this note is to review the history of the EU and the procedures a country has to follow to withdraw from it. The implications of the British exit, commonly referred to as “Brexit,” for US-European trade and …
Downstream Pollution 2: Does Framing Affect Genders Differently?, Marianna Khachaturyan, Natalia Czap, Gary D. Lynne
Downstream Pollution 2: Does Framing Affect Genders Differently?, Marianna Khachaturyan, Natalia Czap, Gary D. Lynne
Cornhusker Economics
About a year ago we published the article “Downstream Pollution: Do Gender and Emotion Matter” (Cornhusker Economics, September 23, 2015) reporting the gender effects with respect to expressing positive and negative emotions in the downstream pollution game. We found that expressing positive emotions does not result in higher levels of conservation and, thus, does not significantly affect the quality of downstream water regardless of the gender of the polluter. At the same time, expressing negative emotions was more effective in increasing conservation and achieving cleaner water downstream. Notably, in contrast to our expectations, men responded to negative emotions with a …