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Career concerns and investment maturity in mutual funds [PDF]
An important puzzle in financial economics is why fund managers invest in short-maturity assets when they could obtain larger profits in assets with longer maturity. This work provides an explanation to this fact based on labor contracts signed between
Portilla, Yolanda
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This review focuses on the application of synthetic biodegradable microarray patches (MAPs) in sustained drug delivery. Compared to conventional MAPs which release drugs into the skin in an immediate manner, these implantable MAPs release drugs into skin microcirculation gradually as the biodegradable polymers degrade, thus offering sustained release ...
Li Zhao +6 more
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Energy financing for local governments, metropolitan Dade County's energy investment fund
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The influence of buy-side analysts on mutual fund trading [PDF]
We present evidence of the impact of buy-side analysts on the behavior and performance of fund managers. Using data provided by a large global asset manager, we relate buy-side analysts' recommendations to fund transactions on a daily basis.
Frey, Stefan, Herbst, Patrick
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Transparent, Sprayable Plastic Films for Luminescent Down‐Shifted‐Assisted Plant Growth
Spreading the light: A modular approach to down‐shifting europium‐containing polyoxotitanium luminescent cages is developed, allowing their incorporation into sprayable plastic coatings on agricultural greenhouses for accelerated plant growth. Abstract The world's steadily growing population and global heating due to climate change are a threat to food
Rosa Müller +17 more
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Given the increasing importance of funded pension systems around the world, it is crucial to understand the impacts of such systems on the real economy. This thesis examines the economic effects of pension funds from various perspectives. The three chapters of this thesis produce new empirical evidence on that issue by applying advanced micro ...
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The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz +5 more
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Financing New Zealand Superannuation [PDF]
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is being established as a means of smoothing out the impact on the rest of the Crown’s finances of the transition that will take place over the next fifty years to a permanently higher proportion of the population ...
Brian McCulloch, Jane Frances
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Recent Advances on Thermochromic Inks for Security Applications
Thermochromic security inks have garnered interest in recent years as security elements for authentication, information encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting. This review outlines different types of thermochromic materials, how they have been developed as functional inks, and how advancements in property enhancement, sustainability, and printing ...
Duarte B. Oliveira +5 more
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Behavioural Biases of Japanese Institutional Investors; Fund management and Corporate Governance [PDF]
This study examines the behavioural biases of Japanese institutional investors and discusses implications for their role in corporate governance, based on the findings of a questionnaire survey of fund managers carried out in 2003.
Suto, Megumi, Toshino, Masashi
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