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Environmental liability and the capital structure of firms [PDF]
A number of countries have recently introduced legislation which holds polluters liable for the costs of cleaning up environmental damage they have caused. While in principle this gives polluters appropriate incentives to reduce the risk of environmental
Ulph, Alistair, Valentini, Laura
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Risk, limited liability and firm scope [PDF]
This paper provides a new explanation for the relationship between firm scope, agent's effort and corporate risk. I set up a moral hazard in teams model with multiple agents and departments under the assumption that both the principal and the agents are ...
Pei, Di
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Abstract Prozostrodon brasiliensis, a probainognathian cynodont of the clade Prozostrodontia, is recognized as a key taxon for understanding the origin of Mammaliaformes and mammals. Despite detailed investigations of its cranial anatomy, the postcranial skeleton has received comparatively less attention.
Iasmim M. Michelotti +4 more
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Genetic Liability to Psychiatric Disorder and Risk of Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study. [PDF]
Luo X, Wu N, Wang Z, Ma J, Zhang X.
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Group Versus Individual Liability: A Field Experiment in the Philippines [PDF]
This working paper by CGD non-resident fellow Dean Karlan explores whether group liability in lending practices improves lender's overall profitability and the poor's access to financial markets.
Dean Karlan, Xavier Giné
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Abstract The cortical bone structure of long bone diaphyses changes throughout growth via skeletal modeling and has important implications for bone strength and structural integrity. Ontogenetic trends in diaphyseal structure have been identified in both chimpanzees and humans but it is not yet clear how these trends compare given notable differences ...
Karen R. Swan +3 more
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On extended liability in a model of adverse selection [PDF]
We consider a model where a judgment-proof firm needs finance to realize a project. This project might cause an environmental hazard with a probability that is the private knowledge of the firm.
Dieter Balkenborg
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Evolutionary morphology of the haplorhine hamate
Abstract Primates adopt a variety of hand postures during an impressive diversity of locomotor and manipulative behaviors. Morphological research has found that elements of the hand skeleton, such as the hamate, hold key information for inferring hand use and locomotor kinematics in extinct species.
Laura E. Hunter +4 more
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Mendelian randomization evidence refines retinal alterations in Alzheimer's disease. [PDF]
Man S, Gao Y, Mou K, Gao Y, Zhang M.
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Purpose To evaluate the agreement between a simple magnetic resonance imaging‐based measurement method for determining the patellar tendon‐to‐lateral trochlear ridge (PT‐LTR) distance using an external adhesive marker and a previously validated conventional measurement technique.
Adam J. Tagliero +9 more
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