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Off‐Grid Solar Systems: An Experimental Work and Systematic Techno‐Economic Analysis
Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.In the study mentioned above, experimental monitoring and economic evaluation of two off‐grid PV systems were conducted using a low‐cost data logger. The results suggest that basic DC systems are economically feasible compared to grid power, but that AC systems require further cost‐cutting to achieve financial viability.
MD Shouquat Hossain +7 more
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The Corporate Cost of Capital in Japan and the U.S.: A Comparison [PDF]
This paper presents evidence about the coats of corporate capital in Japan and the US, for a sample of large companies, and evaluates a variety of hypotheses about why the cost might be lower in Japan.We find that the before-tax return to capital in ...
Alan J. Auerbach, Albert Ando
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Traditional air conditioners suffer from low energy efficiency and exacerbate grid peak loads. While ice storage offers energy‐saving potential, the systematic regulation of ice packing fraction (IPF) on cooling consumption and its synergy with dynamic carbon emissions remains unexplored.
Di Yang, Wenpeng Hong, Xu Jin
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UK Forecasts of Annual GDP: Their Accuracy and the Information Categories Underlying Their Revisions
Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Policy makers are concerned with the accuracy of GDP forecasts and want to understand the reasons for the revision of forecasts. We study these issues by examining forecasts of annual UK GDP growth by a panel of agents, published monthly by HM Treasury. We focus on two main issues: the developing accuracy of the group‐mean forecast as horizons
Nigel Meade, Ciaran Driver
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When the Tail Wags the Dog: A Time‐Varying FCVAR Analysis of Bitcoin Market
Journal of Futures Markets, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how the relationship between Bitcoin spot and futures markets has evolved using a time‐varying Fractionally Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive (FCVAR) model. We are the first to apply this methodology dynamically to cryptocurrency markets, allowing us to simultaneously analyze long‐run equilibrium, pricing patterns, market ...
Filippo di Pietro +2 more
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Labor Supply Responses to the 1990s Japanese Tax Reforms [PDF]
The consumption-leisure choice model implies that an exogenous change in tax rates will bring about a change in labor supply. This implication is expected to be important to labor supplied by secondary earners under a progressive tax system when spousal ...
Ken Yamada
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Journal of Futures Markets, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how institutional environments shape the effectiveness of derivative hedging in reducing corporate default risk. Using hand‐collected data from non‐financial firms across nine European countries and various econometric methods to control for endogeneity, we provide novel evidence that the risk‐reducing benefits of ...
Amrit Judge, Khai Le, Kim Ly
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Human Resource Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Compensation plays a pivotal role in shaping employee behavior, motivation, and well‐being. Although extant research has explored various dimensions of compensation, questions about how important pay is to employees and concerns (on the part of employers and/or employees) about the unintended negative (in addition to intended positive ...
Barry Gerhart, Ji Hyun Kim, Shan He
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Age Distribution, Saving and Consumption in Sweden [PDF]
This paper focuses on an empirical analysis of the dependency between age structure and aggregate consumption and the composition of aggregate savings.
Berg, Lennart
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Climate Change Laws and European Stock Markets: An Event Analysis
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Under the context of the climate change we assess the impact of EU's legislative initiative on European stock markets. Specifically, we focus on its impact on energy and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) sectors for equity returns and volatility for a representative basket of EU countries (participating also in Eurozone) as well as ...
Theodoros Bratis +2 more
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