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A roadmap for standardization of serum albumin measurements

Abstract Albumin measurements in serum have important diagnostic and prognostic roles. However, non-standardized measurement procedures are still used in medical laboratories. An agreed approach for the implementation of metrological traceability to the International System of Un...

Divided autonomy: fiscal decentralisation across Italian regions and municipalities

This paper shows how granular subnational data reveal asymmetries invisible in national aggregates by constructing indicators of fiscal autonomy, revenue composition and fiscal dependence for Italian regional and municipal governments using the novel OECD’s REGOFI and MUNIFI data...

Mission‐Led and Place‐Based Policy Outcomes in European Regions

Abstract European industrial policy relies on two major programmes operating under different logics: the place‐based Cohesion Policy, which directs investment towards less developed regions to reduce territorial disparities, and the mission‐led Horizon 2020, which allocates fundi...