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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Combined mutations of hoxa13a, hoxa13b, and hoxd13a lead to structural shifts in zebrafish soft fin rays providing insight into spiny ray evolution. [PDF]
PLoS GenetCorcoran J +3 more
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ESG Performance and Credit Risk: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Companies
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on credit risk using a sample of manufacturing firms listed on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share markets from 2009 to 2021. Employing fixed effects, the generalised method of moments, and instrumental variable models, we find that ...
Yanan Wang +4 more
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Fish climbing in the upper Congo Basin (Central Africa), first report for the shellear Parakneria thysi on the Luvilombo Falls. [PDF]
Sci RepKiwele Mutambala P +14 more
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates whether the unconventional monetary policy (UMP) measures pursued by the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) are associated with an appetite for cryptocurrency.
Niamh Wylie, Martha O'Hagan‐Luff
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Numerical simulation on heat transfer characteristics of a bionic leaf-vein fractal fin heat exchanger. [PDF]
Sci RepWang R, Hou Y, Yu H, Xing M.
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Natural convective heat transfer from interrupted rectangular fins
, 2012 Heatsinks are widely used in various industrial applications to cool electronic, power electronic, telecommunications, and automotive components. Those components might be either high-power semiconductor devices, e.g., diodes, thyristors, IGBTs and MOSFETs, or integrated circuits, e.g. audio amplifiers, microcontrollers and microprocessors.
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Industry Portfolio Volatility Connections and Industry Portfolio Returns
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper tracks dynamic connections that form among daily US industry portfolio return volatilities using a Bayesian time‐varying parameter VAR model. Market participants often focus on sectors to filter vast amounts of information, and this focus results in cross‐industry return predictability. We characterise connections that form over the
Michael Ellington +2 more
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Variable Stiffness Structures in Biomimetic Robotic Fish: A Review of Mechanisms, Applications, and Challenges. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Shao H +6 more
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Who Am I When You're a Bot? Relational Identity and AI Companions
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Self‐conceptions provide a framework through which we can make sense of ourselves, interpret and navigate the world, plan our lives, and relate to others. Relational influences can greatly shape them, for instance, when others react to us or offer advice. What if this ‘other’ is not a human being, but an AI?
Muriel Leuenberger
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