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Pension Reform in Japan [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper aims to establish guidelines for public pension reform in Japan, using a numerical simulation approach. The paper introduces the example of a minimum guaranteed pension in the Swedish pension system and compares this with the basic pension in ...
Akira Okamoto
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Prospects for a certified mint supply chain in Morocco based on an assessment of consumers' willingness to pay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In Morocco, there is a weak control of the quality of fruits and vegetables on the domestic market. The present study assesses the prospects for a certified mint value chain (either complying with legal criteria of maximum residue level or using organic ...
Ait El Mekki, Abdelkader   +3 more
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Funding Costs and Liquidity Creation: Does ESG Play Any Role?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how banks' funding costs affect liquidity creation and whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance shapes this relationship. Using panel data for 136 U.S. commercial banks from 2005 to 2022, we show that higher funding costs are associated with lower liquidity creation, indicating that more expensive ...
Sattam Bin Kowibeen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Double Edge of Product‐Service Systems: User Behavior, Adoption, and Rebound Effects

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Product‐service systems (PSS) have been considered a promising approach to operationalizing the circular economy. Although many studies have outlined the potential sustainability gains of PSS solutions, it is still unclear what factors drive PSS adoption and how behavioral changes result in rebound effects, undermining their potential ...
Marina Fernandes Aguiar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small firm credit market discrimination, SBA-guaranteed lending, and local market economic performance [PDF]

open access: yes
We empirically test whether SBA-guaranteed lending has a greater impact on economic performance in markets with a high percentage of potential minority small businesses.
Ben R. Craig   +2 more
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Early Implementation of Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans: Providing an Interim Safety Net for the Uninsurable [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Outlines enrollment trends and enrollee traits in a temporary program designed to provide affordable coverage to the uninsured with preexisting conditions, changes to structures and premiums, and estimated out-of-pocket costs by utilization and plan ...
Janice Moore, Jean P. Hall
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The Use of Renewable Energy in Prominent City Buildings: A Diffusion Study on Top European Football Organizations

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study applied the diffusion of innovation theory to investigate the rate of diffusion of renewable energy sources used by Europe's top professional football stadiums and the relationship with carbon neutrality. A discrete diffusion model estimated the diffusion of renewable energy to saturation, and a multivariate logistic ...
Chad S. Seifried   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Earned Income Tax Credit: Path Dependence and the Blessing of Undertheorization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Some commentators have lamented that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is undertheorized—that its purpose is unclear—and that its design is therefore suboptimal.
Adamson, Michael B.
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When Do Robots Go Green? Unveiling Mechanisms, Thresholds, and Spillovers of Industrial Robotics on Global Ecological Capacity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between industrial robotics adoption and ecological capacity, measured by biocapacity, using panel data from 50 countries over the period 2000–2024. We investigate the transmission mechanisms, non‐linearities, spatial spillovers, and heterogeneity characterizing this relationship.
Brahim Bergougui   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Closing the Race Gap: Alleviating Young African American Unemployment Through Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
While the Great Recession continues to have ripple effects on the entire Millennial generation, young African Americans face unemployment rates that are twice that of their white peers.
Konrad Mugglestone   +2 more
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