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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The seed pod valves of Australian Banksia attenuata plants are not simply bi‐layers which bend when dry. These experiments and models reveal complex mechanics, which allow seed release only after several steps of seed pod opening. Stiffness gradients prevent delamination of the valves during loading, and a shape‐memory function protects the seeds ...
Friedrich Reppe +7 more
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The state of competition of the Turkish banking industry: An application of the Panzar‐Rosse model
Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2010 This paper examines the competitive structures of the Turkish banking industry over the period 1998–2008 and investigates the factors that can explain differences in the degree of competitiveness.
Bora Aktan, Omar Masood
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Monetary policy actions and the incentive to invest [PDF]
The ability of monetary policy actions to affect the private sector's incentive to invest in fixed capital is hotly debated. Whereas a downward shift in the yield curve increases the present value of expected cash flows and should spur investment, lower ...
Frank A. Schmid, William R. Emmons
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 Trust in banks is considered essential for an effective financial system, yet little is known about what determines trust in banks. Only a handful of single-country studies discuss the topic, so this paper aims to fill the gap by providing a cross-country analysis on the level and determinants of trust in banks.
Iftekhar Hasan +5 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The developed all‐organic solar cells achieve a power conversion efficiency of 8.7%, more than double the previous record. In addition, bioplastic substrates are used to produce environmentally friendly solar cells with an efficiency of 8.6%. These results are achieved by developing high‐performance organic electrodes without acid doping or high ...
Keiju Hashida +12 more
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Executive compensation at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac [PDF]
Corporate governance-and executive-compensation arrangements in particular-should be an important component of the agenda to reform the housing GSEs.
Gregory E. Sierra, William R. Emmons
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Supercompliant Lattice Boosts n‐type AgSbTe2 Thermoelectrics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The supercompliant lattice design enables the first realization of n‐type electrical transport in AgSbTe2 by overcoming intrinsic electron‐killer defects and exceeding the doping limits imposed by the conventional Hume–Rothery rule. Accordingly, the best performance n‐type Ag0.8Na0.3Sb0.6Bi0.4Te2 sample achieves a low κ of 0.27 W·m−1·K−1 that ...
Ruoyan Li +15 more
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2014 This article uses an examination of M-PESA, a large-scale financial service in Kenya, that is accessible from ordinary mobile phones. It has seen exceptional success since its introduction by mobile phone operator Safaricom in Kenya in March 2007 - it ...
Piotr Chmielewski
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Regulatory frameworks for financial services in Asia [PDF]
This Asia Focus report serves as a reference for current prudential regulatory regimes overseeing the financial services institutions in several Asian economies, and provides some context for the development of these structures.
Nicolas Stefano
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“Writing” Crystal Phases in Amorphous Calcium Carbonate via Laser‐Induced Patterned Transformations
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Laser‐induced crystallization enabling the patterning of amorphous calcium carbonate into various distinct phases is introduced. This approach provides spatial control over polymorph selection, both crystalline and amorphous, inspired by biomineralization pathways.
Hadar Shaked +6 more
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