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Supplier Concentration in Decentralized Procurement: Evidence From a Low-Institutional-Capacity Context 分散采购中的供应商集中：来自低制度能力背景的证据

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-10-16 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70169

Juan Carlos Alcazar-Gonzales

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Adaptive Governance in Crisis: Collaborative, Agile, and Learning-Based Responses to COVID-19 in South Korea 危机中的适应性治理：韩国对COVID-19的协作、敏捷和基于学习的应对

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-10-04 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70167

Hyo Jun Kim, Jin Tak Kim, Hee Soun Jang

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Women's Empowerment, Sanitation and Health: Empirical Insights From Developing Countries 妇女赋权、卫生和健康：来自发展中国家的经验见解

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-10-02 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70164

Alex O. Acheampong, Eric Evans Osei Opoku, Janet Dzator

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The Role of Digital Transformation in Shaping Corporate Tax Behaviour: Evidence From India 数字化转型在塑造企业税收行为中的作用：来自印度的证据

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70165

Pushpanjali Raj

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Millennial Voluntary Tax Compliance in Indonesia: Evidence From the Theory of Planned Behavior 印度尼西亚千禧一代自愿纳税：来自计划行为理论的证据

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70166

Nathasya Andrea Ilham, Marvella Joycelyn Alexandra, Fany Inasius, Gatot Soepriyanto

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When Ideas Are Free, Development Follows: Does Democracy Matter in the Academic Freedom-Sustainable Development in Africa? 思想自由，发展随之而来：民主在学术自由中重要吗——非洲的可持续发展？

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-09-27 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70162

Folorunsho M. Ajide, Tajudeen Alaburo Abdulsalam

{"title":"When Ideas Are Free, Development Follows: Does Democracy Matter in the Academic Freedom-Sustainable Development in Africa?","authors":"Folorunsho M. Ajide, Tajudeen Alaburo Abdulsalam","doi":"10.1002/pa.70162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.70162","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study investigates the effect of academic freedom on sustainable development along with the role of democracy in the relationship. The study is based on a panel of 43 African economies spanning a period from 2000 to 2022. The results based on instrumental variable estimators, quantile regression via moments, and the sequential linear panel dynamic estimation technique that addresses time-invariant regressors reveal some important findings. First, academic freedom has positive and significant effects on sustainable development. Second, democracy promotes sustainable development. Finally, the net interactive effect of democracy and academic freedom on sustainable development is positive and statistically significant. These results are valid after conducting several robustness checks including alternative estimation techniques. The study concludes that there is a need to strengthen the democratic institutions to improve academic freedom for sustainable development in Africa. This can be done by enacting and enforcing a strong legal system that ensures greater institutional autonomy and protects academic freedom on the continent.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Affairs","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149146586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Students' Preference for Distance Education in NCT Delhi: Economics and Social Influence 德里NCT学生对远程教育的偏好：经济与社会影响

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-09-27 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70163

Adnan Shakeel, Md Masroor, Nabiel Ansari, Shazada Ahmad, Tasneem Shazli

{"title":"Students' Preference for Distance Education in NCT Delhi: Economics and Social Influence","authors":"Adnan Shakeel, Md Masroor, Nabiel Ansari, Shazada Ahmad, Tasneem Shazli","doi":"10.1002/pa.70163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.70163","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Distance education (DE) is becoming vital due to the changing need for human resources across several economic sectors. Distance education offers tailored courses, making it a significant source of essential trained resources. This study examines the elements that affect Indian students' decisions about remote education versus on-campus education (OCE). The current study investigates the influence of safety, society perceptions, and cost on student decision-making. The study seeks to address the information gap on the factors that drive learners towards flexible educational formats by emphasizing the increasing significance of distant education in a nation characterized by socio-economic and cultural limitations. This study employs non-parametric statistical methods (Mann–Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman's correlation) to examine the association between the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and their individual responses to items concerning DE. We created a self-administered questionnaire employing the Likert scale to collect data on DE-related issues. We assessed the reliability and internal consistency of the instruments using the Cronbach's alpha approach. The analysis comprised 1638 respondents. The study suggests that rural and male participants exhibit greater satisfaction with DE, while societal pressure against DE is more pronounced among females. Furthermore, when the respondents' age advances, the recommendation for DE also increases.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Affairs","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149146587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Prevalence of the Shadow Economy in Asia: Investigating Major Causes and Mitigation Strategies 影子经济在亚洲的盛行：调查主要原因和缓解策略

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-09-25 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70161

Shujaat Abbas

{"title":"Prevalence of the Shadow Economy in Asia: Investigating Major Causes and Mitigation Strategies","authors":"Shujaat Abbas","doi":"10.1002/pa.70161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.70161","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines the determinants of the shadow economy across 35 Asian economies from 1995 to 2020 using an instrumental-variables quantile regression approach. Unlike previous studies that largely focus on average effects, this analysis explores how the impacts of remittance inflows, economic globalization, financial development, information and communication technology (ICT) diffusion, and governance quality vary across different levels of informality. The findings indicate substantial heterogeneity across conditional quantile distributions. Remittance inflows and economic globalization are positively associated with the size of the shadow economy, with stronger effects observed in economies characterized by relatively high levels of informality. In contrast, the level of financial development is consistently associated with lower informality across all quantiles. Improvements in ICT diffusion and governance quality are also linked to reductions in the shadow economy, particularly in economies with larger informal sectors. These results highlight the complex role of global integration, suggesting that its benefits may be undermined in the absence of strong domestic institutions and inclusive financial systems. The study underscores the importance of strengthening financial and digital infrastructure, improving institutional quality, and implementing targeted reforms, such as support for small enterprises and labor market adjustments aligned with global standards, to facilitate the transition from informal to formal economic activity and promote sustainable development.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Affairs","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149048277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Legitimacy and SDG Disclosure in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Analysis of Italian Universities' Sustainability Reporting 高等教育中的合法性与可持续发展目标披露：意大利大学可持续发展报告的纵向分析

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70160

Roberto Fragomeli, Pina Puntillo, Stefania Veltri

{"title":"Legitimacy and SDG Disclosure in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Analysis of Italian Universities' Sustainability Reporting","authors":"Roberto Fragomeli, Pina Puntillo, Stefania Veltri","doi":"10.1002/pa.70160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.70160","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Universities are increasingly expected to demonstrate their contribution to the SDGs through sustainability reporting. Drawing on legitimacy theory, this study examines how Italian universities use sustainability reporting to communicate their engagement with the SDGs and whether greater reference to the GRI framework is associated with broader SDG disclosure over time. The analysis covers 124 sustainability reports published by 37 universities between 2017 and 2024. To assess disclosure dynamics, the study develops a Sustainability reporting index (SRI) based on GRI indicators. This is complemented by a longitudinal content analysis aimed at identifying symbolic or substantive legitimation strategies. The findings show that, despite widespread reference to GRI standards, SDG disclosure remains limited and has improved only marginally over time. However, reporting cannot be interpreted as purely symbolic. Instead, universities display hybrid forms of legitimation in which evidence-based disclosures coexist with rhetorical and value framing. The study contributes to the literature on sustainability reporting in higher education by offering longitudinal evidence on disclosure dynamics, introducing the SRI as a tool for measuring change in reporting, and refining legitimacy-based interpretations of university SDG reporting.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Affairs","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149048111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Legislative Rationale of the Charter of the League of Arab States and Its Implications for Effective Arab Crisis Management 《阿拉伯国家联盟宪章》的立法依据及其对有效的阿拉伯危机管理的影响

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70159

Mohammad Nasr Khater, Marya Ahmad Aldhoun, Majd Almanasra, Hanan Hashim Ameer

{"title":"The Legislative Rationale of the Charter of the League of Arab States and Its Implications for Effective Arab Crisis Management","authors":"Mohammad Nasr Khater, Marya Ahmad Aldhoun, Majd Almanasra, Hanan Hashim Ameer","doi":"10.1002/pa.70159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.70159","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article offers a doctrinal analysis of the Charter of the League of Arab States to identify its legislative rationale and assess the consequences of that rationale for Arab crisis management. It argues that the Charter was designed in the geopolitical conditions of late colonialism and contested independence to reconcile Arab solidarity with the preservation of state sovereignty through a coordination-based, rather than supranational, institutional model. Using treaty interpretation grounded in the Charter's text, context, object and purpose, and read alongside the Alexandria Protocol, early legal commentary, subsequent institutional practice, and selective comparisons with the United Nations, the African Union, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the European Union, the article reconstructs the Charter's normative architecture and tests its operational effects. It shows that the Charter enables consultation, mediation, and collective political coordination, yet limits compulsory decision-making, structured implementation, and authoritative legal review. The case studies of Kuwait-Iraq (1961), Yemen (1972), Syria (2011), and Gaza (2023) demonstrate that the League performs more effectively where a crisis fits the Charter's interstate and sovereignty-protective categories, but less effectively where crises are internal, humanitarian, or politically divisive. The article therefore rejects both a purely political explanation of institutional weakness and a legal-determinist account. Political will and legal design are mutually conditioning: the Charter channels state preferences, but its operation still depends on sustained member-state support. The article concludes with a calibrated reform agenda that preserves sovereign equality while differentiating voting rules, strengthening implementation and early-warning functions, structuring dispute settlement, and establishing an Arab Court of Justice under Article 19.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Affairs","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149048036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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