University of St Andrews Research: Recent submissions
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Thinner bodies are preferred in China compared to Britain but are not seen as healthier
(2022-10-01) - Journal articleDifferences in preferences for body size between cultures are well documented. A well known explanation is that differences are a result of psychological adaptation to local environments. Since the optimal body size (often ... -
Deposit insurance and credit union lending
(2022-06) - Journal articleWe exploit an exogenous change in the coverage of insured deposits following the passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008) to investigate the impact of deposit insurance on the volume, composition and ... -
'I became a man in a military camp' : negotiating a transmasculine identity in Aleksandr Aleksandrov (Nadezhda Durova)’s personal documents and literary fiction
(2023-08-26) - Journal articleNotes of a Cavalry Maiden [Zapiski kavalerist-devitsy, 1836], an autobiographical narrative by Aleksandr Aleksandrov (born Nadezhda Durova) (1783-1866), a Russian-Ukrainian hero of the Napoleonic wars, has been popular ... -
Bringing constructed languages back to the debate : the contributions of interlinguistics to general linguistics
(2022-12-30) - Journal articleIn the first half of the twentieth century, the fields of interlinguistics and Esperanto studies emerged as branches of linguistics focused on the study of languages designed for international communication (such as Volapük, ...