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Demand Estimation with Text and Image Data

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We propose a demand estimation approach that leverages unstructured data to infer substitution patterns. Using pre‐trained deep learning models, we extract embeddings from product images and textual descriptions and incorporate them into a mixed logit demand model.
Giovanni Compiani, Ilya Morozov, Stephan Seiler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deterrence Through Resilience and Civil Preparedness: The Comprehensive and Militarised Models of Civil Defence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As hybrid threats blur the line between war and peace and challenge conventional deterrence logics, states increasingly turn to concepts of resilience, civil preparedness and whole‐of‐society as elements of their security strategies. This raises the question of how civilian agency can be viewed as an element of deterrence and what the ...
Agata Mazurkiewicz, Heljä Ossa
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary algorithm-optimized feature fusion for accurate classification of shredded tobacco using multi-sensor data. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Chen L, Tang N, Wu X, Wang Y, He C, He Z, Xie L, Zhang X, Chen X, Zhou T.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Regulatory Intermediation in Times of Crisis: The Impact of Independent Oversight on the Functioning of Professional Accounting Bodies Intermédiation réglementaire en temps de crise : incidence de la surveillance indépendante sur le fonctionnement des organismes comptables professionnels

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rise of independent oversight of the accounting profession has attracted considerable research attention. Much of this research has studied how professional accounting bodies and the Big 4 firms have shaped the mandate and capabilities of independent oversight bodies.
Brendan O'Dwyer, Roel Boomsma, Chris Humphrey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laser-induced hyperspectral fluorescence for spatio-chemical detection of sunscreen contaminants in food-grade sea salt using sparse PCA-SVM analysis. [PDF]

Environ Geochem Health
Ebrahem M, Hosni MI, Abdallah A, Mahmoud A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Running towards: Labour market incentives for runaway slaves in the British Cape Colony, 1830–1838

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent scholarship on slave escapes has increasingly emphasised economic motivation, but few studies have empirically investigated how market incentives influenced the decision‐making of enslaved individuals during transitions from coerced to wage labour.
Karl Bergemann, Gabriel Brown, Johan Fourie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relevance and challenges of exposome studies for environmental health research. [PDF]

Environ Health
Slama R, Siroux V, Vrijheid M, Basagaña X.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Henry George and Silvio Gesell: The Odd Couple

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Henry George (1839–1897) and Silvio Gesell (1862–1930) developed distinct yet overlapping economic reform agendas. Both advocated land reform, free markets, and rejection of protectionism, but differed sharply on money, interest, and taxation.
Dirk Loehr
wiley   +1 more source

The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Gradual spatial constraint feature selection for robust biomarker discovery in high-dimensional gene expression data. [PDF]

BMC Bioinformatics
Wang H, Ou X, Zhang W, Niu B.
europepmc   +1 more source