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Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Semantic orientation for indoor navigation system using large language models. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Halama M, Nowak S, Połys K.
europepmc   +1 more source

An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin, Laura Morabito, Hannah Leighton, Tahani AlMahmoud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Approach and Fork Insertion to Target Pallet Based on Image Measurement Method. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Kita N, Kato T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic Freedom and Audit Fees: Evidence From the USA

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the association between US state‐level economic freedom and audit fees. We argue that economic freedom lowers clients' perceived business risk, thereby requiring reduced audit effort and exposing auditors to a lower probability of litigation risk, which enables auditors to charge lower audit fees to clients headquartered in states ...
Mahmud Hossain, Ahsan Habib, Dinithi Ranasinghe, Marlissa Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilization and Sustainability Evaluation of Steel Slag and RAP in Hot Recycled Asphalt Mixtures-Case Study. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Song L, Xie Z, Gao J, Gao C, Wang L, Tao M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Buyers' response to third‐party quality certification: Theory and evidence from Ethiopian wheat traders

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract When quality attributes of a product are not directly observable, third‐party certification (TPC) enables buyers to distinguish between quality levels and reward sellers accordingly. We study the adoption of TPC by traders in smallholder‐based agricultural value chains in low‐income countries, where traders aggregate products from many small ...
Gashaw T. Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Erwin Bulte, Jérémy Do Nascimento Miguel, Elisabeth Sadoulet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing Truck Drivers' Compliance, Retention, and Long-Term Engagement with e-Health & Mobile Applications: A PRISMA Systematic Review. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Tadina R, Dirix H, Ross V, Khattak MW, Neven A, Peters B, Brijs K.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate exposure drives firm political behavior: Evidence from earnings calls and lobbying data

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract When and how do firms engage in climate politics? We argue that regulatory concerns, business opportunities, and physical risks activate policy preferences and lobbying efforts. We measure firm‐level exposure to opportunity, regulatory, and physical aspects of climate change based on discussion in quarterly earnings call transcripts for 11,705
Christian Baehr, Fiona Bare, Vincent Heddesheimer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

RaSS: 4D mm-Wave Radar Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation with Cross-Modal Knowledge Distillation. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Zhang C, Xiang Z, Xu R, Shan H, Zhao X, Dang R.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source