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A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending [PDF]
We use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks ? where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions ?
Ramana Nanda, Rodrigo Canales
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Globalization and Imperfect Labor Market Sorting [PDF]
This paper focuses on the ability of the labor market to correctly match heterogeneous workers to jobs within a given industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched worker-firm data from Sweden, we find strong evidence that
Chun Zhu, Susan +4 more
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Steps in the Right Direction: Assessing Ohio Achievement Everywhere -- the Kasich Plan [PDF]
, 2013 Ohio Governor Kasich issued his "Achievement Everywhere" plan in early February, and as details came out over the following weeks we again asked Professor Hill if he would provide a review of the governor's plan.
Paul T. Hill
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Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective This study was undertaken to investigate the molecular consequences of pathogenic variants in the SMC1A gene—particularly those associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE85)—and to evaluate the therapeutic potential of ataluren in restoring SMC1A function and mitigating disease‐related transcriptomic and genomic ...
Maddalena Di Nardo +7 more
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International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.What's New? Lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) is more aggressive than lung adenocarcinoma, and is most often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Here, the authors evaluated gene expression data from LUSC tumors and came up with gene signatures for 34 genetic abnormalities whose expression changes throughout different precancerous stages. Several of these
Yupei Lin +9 more
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Agricultural Policy Reform and Industry Adjustment in Australia and New Zealand [PDF]
Some sectors of Australian and New Zealand farming have been heavily assisted in the past. New Zealand underwent an economy-wide deregulation in the mid-to-late 980s that included abrupt removal of practically all agricultural assistance.
Harris, David N., Rae, Allan N.
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Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis +2 more
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
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iNew Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aspartame and acesulfame‐K are commonly used non‐nutritive artificial sweeteners, but their impacts on cardiovascular disease and metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease (MASLD) are unclear. In this study, we evaluated the impacts of aspartame and acesulfame‐K on MASLD and atherosclerosis in male Ldlr−/− mice fed an AMLN diet ...
Jingjing Xu +3 more
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THE BIG CLEANSE: THE JAPANESE RESPONSE TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 1990'S SEEN FROM A NORDIC PERSPECTIVE [PDF]
As Japan and the Nordic countries entered the final decade of the 20th century, they experienced an abrupt end to a near decade-long rapid surge in asset prices.
Nakamura, Richard
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