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Conditional grants to independent regional governments: The trade-off between incentives and wasteful grant-seeking [PDF]
The paper addresses the welfare implications of conditional grants in the presence of inefficiencies in regional production. While conditional grants may set incentives for regions to reduce inefficiencies, resources are wasted in the process of grant ...
Frédéric Blaeschke, Ivo Bischoff
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Mechanochromism of Glassy Polymers Enabled by a Loop‐Forming Supramolecular Mechanophore
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The supramolecular mechanophore LOOP is covalently introduced into glassy polymers, capable of reporting force‐induced pre‐failure damage and local fracture events in polymer glasses. Under different mechanical deformation modes, including grinding, tensile stretching, and scratching, LOOP probes irreversible events in polymer glasses through a ...
Linlin Deng +6 more
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Communications MaterialsThe cycling stability of Li-ion batteries is commonly attributed to the formation of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer, which is generated on the active material surface during electrochemical reactions in battery operation.
Michael Häusler +11 more
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Costly Inflation Misperceptions [PDF]
One of the consequences of the euro changeover in 2002 was that for a period of several years people considerably overestimated actual inflation. The goal of this paper is to study whether misperceptions of this kind may have real effects, that is ...
Stephan Meier, Thomas A. Eife
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Adaptive Hydrogels With Spatiotemporal Stiffening Using pH‐Modulating Enzymes
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The chemomechanical coupling in an adaptive hydrogel is studied to further the development of adaptive hydrogels. This coupling is achieved by embedding a pH‐modulating enzyme in a pH‐responsive hydrogel. The enzymatic reaction can be triggered locally, which generates a pH‐decreasing wave throughout the system, increasing the crosslinking density and ...
Natascha Gray +3 more
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Imitation and the Evolution of Walrasian Behavior: Theoretically Fragile but Behaviorally Robust [PDF]
A well-known result by Vega-Redondo implies that in symmetric Cournot oligopoly, imitation leads to the Walrasian outcome where price equals marginal cost.
Jose Apesteguia +3 more
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Clean Up Behind You ‐ Novel Patterning Approach for Solid Immersion Lenses
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A focused ion beam (FIB) milling strategy enables rapid fabrication of solid immersion lenses (SILs) with smooth, debris‐free surfaces eliminating the need for post‐processing. The optimized pattern improves efficiency and surface quality. SILs containing NV centers are also investigated, confirming the technique's suitability for quantum and photonic ...
Aleksei Tsarapkin +10 more
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Ab initio framework for deciphering trade-off relationships in multi-component alloys
npj Computational MaterialsWhile first-principles methods have been successfully applied to characterize individual properties of multi-principal element alloys (MPEA), their use in searching for optimal trade-offs between competing properties is hampered by high computational ...
Franco Moitzi +4 more
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Modeling Volatility Spillovers between the Variabilities of US Inflation and Output: the UECCC GARCH Model [PDF]
This paper employs the unrestricted extended constant conditional correlation GARCH specification proposed in Conrad and Karanasos (2008) to examine the intertemporal relationship between the uncertainties of inflation and output growth in the US.
Christian Conrad, Menelaos Karanasos
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