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Evaluation of drone system for thinning operations–a case study in Sweden
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract Thinning operations in forestry typically involve a two‐machine system (TMS) with a harvester and a forwarder. Its productivity in different forest conditions is well documented. To date, drones have been used for data collection and surveillance but not as an alternative to a TMS.
Mikael Rönnqvist +3 more
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Every winter, Delhi's polluted air draws national attention to the burning of rice stubble in neighbouring states. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Haryana in north India, this article shows how bureaucrats and scientists attempt to enact certainty around technological solutions to stubble burning even while privately acknowledging their ...
Nikhit Agrawal
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Asymmetric Pass‐Through and Competition
The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the retail price pass‐through of four major tax changes in petroleum products using daily pricing data from gas stations on small Greek islands. We find that (i) the pass‐through of the tax hikes is five times higher than for the tax decrease, (ii) the pass‐through of the tax hikes increases with competition, while that of the tax ...
Christos Genakos +2 more
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Despite growing recognition that countries around the world must transition to a low‐carbon economy, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. One way that decarbonization has been obstructed, we argue, is by fossil fuel firms intentionally conflating their agenda with ‘the people’, evoking notions of national identity, security and ...
Daniel Nyberg +3 more
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Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract High‐emission private vehicles disproportionately contribute to urban air pollution and road accidents, both major public health threats and leading causes of death among young adults. Balancing individual driving behavior with collective environmental responsibility necessitates strategies that promote safer and cleaner driving.
Juan Sebastian Yanez +3 more
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Fairness‐aware insurance pricing: A multi‐objective optimization approach
Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract Machine‐learning models can provide accurate predictions in insurance pricing, but can also increase disparities between protected groups. Existing fairness‐aware pricing approaches typically target one fairness notion at a time, making it difficult to compare trade‐offs between predictive accuracy, group fairness, individual fairness, and ...
Tim J. Boonen, Xinyue Fan, Zixiao Quan
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Leveraging over 40 million residential electricity billing records from more than one million meters in Ethiopia, we test whether consumers respond to marginal prices at kink points under an increasing block tariff (IBT). We exploit a unique institutional setting in which two distinct billing systems (manual postpaid and automated prepaid ...
Tensay Hadush Meles, Gunnar Köhlin
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Now, Again and Again: The Metaphysics of Many Presents
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper discusses whether there can be multiple present moments. After presenting some reasons for thinking that the question is worthwhile, I challenge several objections to its possibility: worries about the exclusivity of tense; the nature of change, tense logic and semantics; and the apparent tension between multiple presents and an ...
Nikk Effingham
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Radical Innovation Validation: Delivering Value in Radical Innovation Development
R&D Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Radical innovation (RI) offers significant benefits, but the challenges encountered during its implementation can be formidable. Recent literature suggests the use of practices such as prototyping, experimentation, piloting, and demonstration to address these challenges through small‐scale, iterative approaches.
Ruxin Zhang +3 more
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